Paul Mirengoff dissects the Democrats’ “politics of fear” charge, showing that it is (a) question-begging and (b) baseless.
I find it puzzling that people dismiss talk of terrorism as well as the threat from Iran and its quest for nuclear weapons, its much-expressed hatred of Israel, and its conduct of war by proxy as “the politics of fear.” Fear of these things is entirely rational; anyone who does not fear terrorism and Iran’s aggression is a fool.
Let me be clear: I’m not speaking of personal fear—I don’t worry that terrorists or Ahmadinejad are out to or likely to get me—but of fear of the danger they pose to the international order and the welfare of Israel and the United States.
