Regarding foreign policy, voters in America sent a clear message: War loses you elections.

The Iran war, Iran blocking fuel supplies in the Strait of Hormuz, skyrocketing energy prices, and the effects on the global economy were major factors in the defeat of Republicans in yesterday’s midterm elections.

• Donald Trump took on an evil and dangerous regime. He didn’t finish the job, but he did more to confront the problem than generations of American presidents. And he was punished at the ballot box.

Gerald Flurry, our editor in chief, writes in The King of the South: “[O]ur refusal to use our military might is often not because of righteousness, as we like to believe, but despicable weakness resulting from our sins. We simply lack the faith, character and courage to fight against Iran, the number one terrorist nation today.”

After Donald Trump attacked Iran, we wrote: “President Trump had enough courage to begin the confrontation—but the nation lacks the will to end it.”

We vividly witnessed that yesterday.

What happens when the next threat rises? Will even limited military options be on the table? Will the United States have the will even to launch limited air strikes or declare a no-fly zone? Or will the risk of a limited conflict dragging on for months (not even years) raise fears of an election rout and force any future president to reconsider?

• Perhaps Donald Trump would be willing to make the unpopular but right call. Most others will not.

Leaders around the world are getting the message. The American people are reluctant to begin confrontations. You can expect them to take full advantage of this weakness.

“America has won its last war!” Herbert W. Armstrong wrote in 1961. Which political party did he say was at fault? In the same article, he blamed “you—all of you!”

• He explained that the nation’s will had been sapped not just by poor leaders but by the sins of the people. Yesterday, American voters embraced perverts and heathen idolators, such was their opposition to this war against the world’s number one state sponsor of terror. A major reason for that opposition was higher prices at the gas pump.

This election has far-reaching foreign-policy consequences. And it’s the fault of the American people and each person’s lack of faith and obedience toward God. For more on this weakness, as well as whether the Bible corroborates the article we wrote at the start of the Iran campaign, read “Will America Win?”