Historically nations have groomed their interests on back of war. Perhaps this is why Jesus is still a threat to nations, including ours. His way is a way of peace and mercy, of patience and second chances. He had His opportunities to garner a militia to fight the Romans, even to call angels to deliver Him from death, but He refused. It was not that He was uninterested in justice, in fact many of His teachings are aimed at justice needed and judgment for justice denied.
Mercy is a great word.
Mercy has always been an important word in my theological vocabulary but only lately has it had an emotional meaning for me. That is to say, I realize quite clearly those attitudes that foster judgmentalism and vindictiveness are foreign to the Christian disciple, yet I sometimes have them. Sure there is the necessary judgment of the court on wrongdoing, but I cannot take delight in the sorrows of another person, even my enemy. I do not think God does. How much better if they had applied the principle of mercy to those they met instead of trying to manipulate and use them.