If one thinks of national security as two sides of a coin, with foreign policy on one side and domestic policy on the other, how likely is each to land face up for the next president? This is the classic “guns versus butter” debate over how resources, from dollars to presidential attention, should be allocated.
第一个问题关系到被提名者分配给外交政策的相对及绝对重要性。如果说国家安全是一枚硬币的两面，一面是外交政策另一面是国内政策，那么正对下一任总统会是哪一面呢？这是典型的“大炮与黄油”之争，争论从美元到总统关注的各项资源该如何分配。