That surge in anxiety is notably linked to last year's beheadings of Americans by Islamic State jihadists, which shocked opinion in a way that years of slaughter in Syria or the wider Middle East have not.It would be wonderful if all this led to a genuine national-security election, involving a detailed, candid debate about America's global role.
When it comes to foreign affairs, that, rather than the precise number of centrifuges or the reduction of tariffs on beef exports, is what it usually comes down to.Dig deeper: The Iran deal's day in Congress need not be fatal for the agreement (April 2015) Republicans are dreaming of a national-security election (March 2015).
Question: won't a McCarthyite GOP try to smear nominee Sanders as some kind of Communist Horton, and will Democrats understand the goal is to win a possibly national security general election to avoid a President Trump/Cruz?
The Labour party poses a "threat to national security" after the election of new leader Jeremy Corbyn, David Cameron has claimed, causing many of his opponents to believe he had gone too far in his criticism.
CANTON, Ohio, Oct. 22 - President Bush said on Friday that Americans had to judge who would keep them safer from terrorism, portraying Senator John Kerry as dangerously naïve and so weak on national security that his election would all but invite attacks on the United States.
Mindful of the dangers of displaying any weakness over national security in an election year, Obama said he was determined to maintain US military supremacy around the world, but he admitted that the review involved a move to "smaller conventional ground forces" and the removal of "outdated cold war-era systems".
Nothing like running behind the veil of national security in an election year.
And some have suggested that the White House leaked information to the Times in an effort to portray the president as tough on national security during an election year.
He should immediately impanel a team of national security, legal and election experts to look at the Mueller findings and whatever the Senate Intelligence Committee has come up with to formulate concrete plans for stopping future foreign interference.
