Unfinest hour
The responses of many Republican state governors and presidential candidates to the Paris attacks have been lamentable
AT SOME point next year, when Republicans and Democrats have each chosen a presidential candidate, it is possible that voters will witness a serious debate about national security—and notably how to fight the fanatics of Islamic State (IS). For now alas, the Paris attacks have instead dragged an already ugly contest further down the path of partisan name-calling, empty bluster and fear-mongering.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Unfinest hour”
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