Admittedly, I’m old-fashioned, but I believe that someone blessed to be a spiritual adviser to the most powerful person on the planet ought to lean more toward Matthew 8 (Jesus calms the storm) than Genesis 19 (the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah).

Let’s let the Joint Chiefs advise the commander in chief on when or whether to unleash hell. Spiritual advisers, I would hope, are there to say: “Consider the humanity.”

You know, the 25 million people who happen to call North Korea home. Or the 51 million people in South Korea who also might be singed if fire and fury falls.