Pete Buttigieg Speaks on Foreign Policy, Says We Must ‘See Humanity in Our Enemy’

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg hopes for a world without weapons, according to the Washington Examiner.

In a recent roundtable discussion with leaders from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim congregants in North and South Carolina, the 37-year-old Afghanistan war veteran invoked his religious beliefs to push forward peace.

“The commitment to peace that is such a core teaching of Jesus is also something that I think is a core goal of the right kind of American foreign policy,” he said.

“It doesn’t mean that we ignore threats. It doesn’t mean that we unilaterally disarm. It doesn’t mean that we can move tomorrow toward a world with no weapons, although that is the world that we are called to envision. It does mean that we can take steps that will move us closer to that reality.”

As a herald of the “Christian Left,” Buttigieg has regularly voiced his faith in political conversations. The roundtable aimed to discuss how faith relates to other political decisions besides same-sex marriage and abortion. The married gay man and member of the Episcopal church spoke on foreign policy.

“When it comes to our actions abroad, I think that in many ways, the question is how near can we approximate the radical teaching that we are to love our enemy,” he said. “I think the best we can come to it in our time is to see the humanity…