On Thursday's episode of 'Washington Watch with Tony Perkins,' Family Research Council director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview David Closson said the killing of Soleimani was justified by the Bible. 'All killing is tragic,' Closson said, 'but sometimes it's necessary.'
, Family Research Center president Perkins interviewed the FRC's director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview David Closson about the killing of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani by an American drone strike.
Soleimani's termination led to military action from both the U.S. and Iran, with the U.S. deploying over 3,000 additional troops to the region. Iran launched a missile attack against two Iraqi military installations that housed U.S. soldiers on Tuesday. No American nor Iraqi casualties were reported.
"The scripture talks a lot about war but the scripture also lets us see that all war itself is not intrinsically evil," Closson said."As believers, we are at war with sin. We are at war with evil. You go through the Bible and the Old Testament actually sanctions war. [In] the New Testament, governments having a responsibility towards their citizens and are answerable to God for that.
On the Thursday edition of his radio show,"Washington Watch with Tony Perkins," Family Research Council president Perkins discussed the idea that the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was justified by the Christian scriptures.Closson and Perkins described the theory of"just war," which Perkins described as"principles that are extracted from scripture that have guided nations for centuries.
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