IF CLAP-O-METERS decided presidential elections, then a convincing case could be made that national security—and notably the struggle against the murderous fanatics of the Islamic State (IS)—is the biggest obstacle standing between Hillary Clinton and the White House. Mrs Clinton and the two other Democrats seeking their party’s presidential nomination met in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday night for a televised debate. It had been billed as a discussion of economic policy but was revised to begin with discussion of the horrifying attacks in Paris.
For 20 minutes Mrs Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Martin O’Malley, the former governor of Maryland, talked about how America needed to show leadership and wisdom and build alliances and share intelligence with foreign partners and generally pondered how “complicated” and “difficult” it would be to defeat IS. There were moments of chin-jutting near-bombast, as when Mrs Clinton said that IS “cannot be contained, it must be defeated.” Mr Sanders, who is running to Mrs Clinton’s populist left, chided his rival for supporting the invasion of Iraq in 2003 when she...Continue reading
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