By provoking an argument on a non-issue through the use of insult and innuendo. Remarks made by private citizens way back when, and a photo op during a diplomatic meeting (which did not result in the detonation of a nuclear device, btw) are the non-issues.

The attempt is to turn conversation back to fear for its own sake, by harking back to the Cold War, when so many of the people who post here had regular air raid drills in which we were to hide under our elementary school desks. Terror is the subject that the RNC would prefer to discuss.

Instead the discussion centers on Iraq. How disappointing, so close to the election. Perhaps al Qaeda will oblige by blowing something up stateside.