You seem to be overly focused on a single definition of "force". Nobody (except maybe you?) is confused that the FBI might be holding a gun to VC's heads. Webster has a lot of definitions of "force", and most of them don't have anything to do with coercion in the face of violence. For example

    3 : to make or cause especially through natural or logical necessity 
        "forced to admit my error"

    8 : to induce (a particular bid or play by another player) in a card game by some conventional act, play, bid, or response