I won't call him a moron but I found this on the Wikipedia page Sage pointed to:

As he had done in the South African War, Gandhi urged support of the British in World War I and was active in encouraging Indians to join the army. His rationale, opposed by many others, was that if he desired the full citizenship, freedoms and rights in the Empire, it would be wrong not to help in its defence. He spoke at the conventions of the Indian National Congress, but was primarily introduced to Indian issues, politics and the Indian people by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, at the time the one of most respected leaders of the Congress Party."

So, Gandhi encouraged people to go join the army and fight in WWI. It would seem at times that Gandhi was not a total pasifist.

lets look at a few quotes on that page:

this is from a letter he wrote Britain advising them on what to do about Hitler

I would like you to lay down the arms you have as being useless for saving you or humanity. You will invite Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini to take what they want of the countries you call your possessions.... If these gentlemen choose to occupy your homes, you will vacate them. If they do not give you free passage out, you will allow yourselves, man, woman, and child, to be slaughtered, but you will refuse to owe allegiance to them.

This is advice he gave to the Jews
The Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher's knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs.

I don't know about you but if I were the Bitish or the Jews, I don't think I'd follow that advice.

Now lets look at this quote from the same page:

Gandhi guarded against attracting to his satyagraha movement those who feared to take up arms or felt themselves incapable of resistance. 'I do believe,' he wrote, 'that where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.'

So that are times when Gandhi would advise violence.