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<<The question "What would Jesus do?" may be trite, but it's THE question.>>
Then why have you so far declined to answer it. I asked: Do you think Jesus would push the button to drop the bomb?
I've been unable to reach a pacifist position because I am a sinner and my faith is weak.  That's really the only explanation for any Christian who is not a pacifist.  It is blasphemy to blame Jesus.
Are you familiar with the Just War theory?  Do you know of any war that has been averted because of it?  Of any military action that was not taken because of it? The Second Lateran Council (1139) condemned the crossbow as incompatible with the requirements of just war teaching. Almost a thousand years later, there are those who think that weapons of mass destruction -- that can't and don't discriminate between combatants and non-combatants -- are permissible using just war reasoning. Thus do many wonder if just war reasoning is still useful -- or even if it ever was.