Playing Politics With National Security Is a Dangerous Game

There have been two alleged acts of terrorism on American soil since President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran. While investigators are still probing whether the man suspected of carrying out a deadly mass shooting in Austin, Texas, on March 1 was motivated by Trump’s war, national-security experts contend that geopolitical escalations amplify the risk of lone-wolf extremism, in which self-radicalized actors commit violent, ideologically motivated attacks without material support from organized terrorist networks.