Via Daily Caller:
There are several key facets to Vice President Joe Biden’s view on U.S. foreign policy, but terrorism being an existential threat is not one of them.
“Terrorism is a real threat,” Biden told the Atlantic’s Steve Clemons. “But it’s not an existential threat to the existence of the democratic country of the United States of America. Terrorism can cause real problems. It can undermine confidence. It can kill relatively large numbers of people. But terrorism is not an existential threat.”
The vice president’s view on terrorism comes as part of his “Biden Doctrine.” One of the facets of his policy outlined by Clemons is the need to have a sense of perspective and respond to threats in a proportional manner. Following this rationale, Biden sees high-profile events like nuclear strikes as an existential threat to the U.S., but not terrorism.