I definitely understand where you’re coming from; don’t get me wrong. I can totally see how and why some people would support, say, nuking North Korea to put an end to the whole thing. And you’re right—that’s not a terribly Christian solution to the problem. But where exactly do we draw the line between “Christian” actions and “un-Christian” ones? Is it acceptable for America to:

-impose more sanctions on North Korea? (After all, that hurts the people more than it does the administration.)
-tell North Korea to stop? (Is that “turning the other cheek”?)
-fly more planes in South Korean airspace as a sort of deterrent? (Could be construed as overly aggressive.)
-shoot down a North Korean missile should it enter South Korean/Japanese/American/pick a country’s airspace?
-retaliate should North Korea fire a nuclear weapon with the express intent of hitting an enemy power?

As you can see, the line is not easy to find. The Obama administration is probably not worrying about whether their actions are “Christian” and even they’re having a bit of a tough time dealing with Kim Jong-Un. How much more difficult will it be to solve the problem from a Christian point of view? I certainly don’t think “doing nothing” qualifies as a solution, so we’ll have to put our collective heads together to come up with something.

Look, I get that we’re commanded to love our neighbours and our enemies. Does that also mean we must sit idly at all times? One wonders whether the author also supports Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy—the former’s arguments seem to apply to the latter’s position also.

One must not conflate the North Korean people and the North Korean leadership. Nobody’s blaming the North Korean people for this crisis. (Well, we ought not to be.) “God bless North Korea” makes perfect sense—but only when we’re talking about the people of North Korea. What kind of blessing and favour do you have in mind for Kim Jong-Un? What is God supposed to do with such a prayer? The reality is that the dude’s not a Christian and as such is missing out on the most important part of human existence. We should be praying for him to be saved, not to be “blessed” or to have favour rained down on him in heavenly showers. Goodness knows he’s already stolen enough from the North Korean people.

Aside from that, the author makes a sweeping logical generalization. It seems as though his point is “if you love America, then you stand for its actions overseas and thus don’t believe Jesus’ words enough, and only when we give up our love for country can we really believe His sayings”. That’s patent nonsense and we all know it. Who said this situation is an either/or dichotomy? Why can’t I simultaneously love my country (incidentally, I’m not American) and wholeheartedly believe Jesus’ words?

You’re made a big statement here, but I’m not sure you’re prepared to adequately defend it.

Jesus was speaking to the Jewish people who were under the rule of the Romans and didn’t even have their own government and certainly had little power to wage war or defend others in war. It’s likely Jesus was talking about their everyday lives and the “enemies” they had there, where evil can be fought with goodness. Many have enemies that are not abusing power to perpetrate evil that need the love of God shown to them. A few co-workers come to mind…

Another thing to note would be the many passages in scripture that God labels enemies and uses human hands as his tools of punishment including the times God instructed Israel to wipe out the surrounding evil nations so their evil would not spread. God’s even decreed much more punishment of evil by the hands of people in times to come.

It’s also important to note that Sodom and Gomorrah where directly destroyed by God to prevent the spread of evil. With that known, Jesus’s words of “Bless those that curse you” or “love your enemies” must have another or more complex meaning or we would have a conflict of God’s word and His actions.

North Korea is ruled by evil leadership and some would say that those who have been granted the power are morally obligated to protect the innocent from the evil. Otherwise they become responsible for the evil that they allow to happen and do nothing about. With the greatest good for the people of North Korea in mind I would hope and pray that their corrupt government be overthrown and replaced with one that is for the people. Governments are rarely overthrown without war.

There is a saying, “All that is needed for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.” How much worse than if we bless evil instead of fighting it.