Majorities Want to Enhance Security Non-Militarily

Asked by the Foreign Policy Index to rate strategies for strengthening the nation’s security, a majority of Americans listed “Improving the effectiveness of our intelligence operations” (with 63 percent saying it would enhance our security a great deal), and “Becoming less dependent on other countries for our supply of energy (55 percent). Only 17 percent said “Attacking countries that develop weapons of mass destruction” would enhance our security a great deal, the lowest-scoring strategy in the group.