Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.

We need a common enemy to unite us.

Often people are united, not as much for the sake of truth, as for the enemy that is common.

Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity.

The advantage to fighting the evils that are in plain sight is the fact that it is quite easy to win-over the "opposition".

The Islamic State is a threat to both the moderate Islam headed by Mr. Saad al-Hariri and, of course, for Hezbollah. There is a convergence, an anxiety of a common enemy... which is good.