Was Jesus really silent about war? Offhand I recall one or two verses in which he expressly condemns violence against the person.

Even if (for argument's sake) I accept that Jesus' was silent on the subject of war, we are left with his bellowing on love. And boy! Did he bellow, especially from the cross, surrounded by his killers and tormentors. Far from calling on his Father and disciples to come to his defence through violence, he prayed for his violent killers, a lesson to the world that violence is to be dealt with in God's way, not in the way of humankind.

As for the Law and the Prophets, Jesus came to fulfil only what was good in them; not all in the Law and the Prophets was good. It's why Jesus refused the bloodlust of those calling for the stoning of the woman caught in adultery.

No matter that ignores the express and clear teaching of Jesus is "settled".

The fundamental right of humankind to life justifies one thing: respect for it, its preservation.

What examples?