War and Christians

The Bible tells us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. And then pray that Israel keeps its powder dry. The same can be said for the USA. St. Augustine wrote centuries ago of a just war. WWII was a just war. Period. Evil must be countered not appeased. Appeasement never works. Pacifism never works. Now we have N. Korea supposedly blowing up an A weapon. Maybe they did; maybe they did not. Still, the world needs to be aware that these guys lie, forge our money, cheat on agreements. Praying for their change is a good thing. Still, none of these leaders there are Christians, none are reasonable and there is no opposition party to take over if the nation collapses. God could intervene, of course. So far, He has not. Diplomacy has never worked with Iran, Korea, Syria, and other thuggish nations. Therefore, the West needs to not only pray for these enemies, but that we pray for their downfall and repentance of their evil. And they are evil. To avoid that description is pure suicide. Evil and cancer have a lot in common. One must kill it. Compromising with cancer usually makes the patient dead. Compromising with evil nations usually leads to war. Tough love may indeed by the answer as Dr. Dobson advises with unruly kids. And we better better keep our powder dry and continue to pray for the safety of our nation, our military, our President and our allies. Then too, pray for the conversion of our enemies to be open to the grace and salvation of Jesus. It certainly won't hurt and may well soften the hearts of our evil enemies.