Article snippet: MANCHESTER, N.H. — American consumers are getting squeezed by a trade war with China, as the Communist power moves to crack down on Hong Kong. Iran is saber-rattling, raising the prospect of a new armed conflict in the Middle East. Unrest in Central America has led to an unprecedented surge in migrants over the southern border. And this week, President Trump’s decision to pull US troops back from northern Syria, apparently abandoning the Kurds there, has led to a bipartisan rebuke. There are many urgent foreign policy issues to talk about, but you wouldn’t know it by listening to the Democrats running for president. At two recent campaign events in New Hampshire before he was sidelined by a heart attack, Senator Bernie Sanders discussed income inequality, student debt, taxes, housing, climate change, and prescription drugs. He never mentioned another country — except Canada, to note he liked its public health care system. So far, the most high-profile moments in the Democratic presidential campaign have been five nationally televised debates, making up nearly 12 hours of intense discussion. A Globe analysis of transcripts found that just 42 out of 348 questions asked were about foreign policy. But it’s not just the debate moderators who are to blame. Polls of likely Democratic presidential primary voters found that just 5 percent say foreign affairs is the most important issue of the campaign. And a tally of voter questions kept by Elizabeth Warren’s campaign fr... Link to the full article to read more