Posted on 02/28/2014 1:52:52 PM PST by Jim Robinson
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin warned that if Senator Barack Obama were elected president, his "indecision" and "moral equivalence" may encourage Russia's Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine.
Palin said then:
"After the Russian Army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama's reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next."
For those comments, she was mocked by the high-brow Foreign Policy magazine and its editor Blake Hounshell, who now is one of the editors of Politico magazine.
In light of recent events in Ukraine and concerns that Russia is getting its troops ready to cross the border into its neighboring nation, nobody seems to be laughing at or dismissing those comments now.
Hounshell wrote then that Palin's comments were "strange" and "this is an extremely far-fetched scenario." "And given how Russia has been able to unsettle Ukraine's pro-Western government without firing a shot, I don't see why violence would be necessary to bring Kiev to heel," Hounshell dismissively wrote.
Palin made her remarks on the stump after Obama's running mate Joe Biden warned Obama supporters to "gird your loins" if Obama is elected because international leaders may test or try to take advantage of him.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Of course you know that Russia’s policy in such a case is to use nukes?
ROFL
It’s pretty effing sad when we have to look to either traditional enemies or to the third world to find ideologies we agree with.
Even if only on a narrow band of issues.
Still freakin’ sad that our home team sucks so badly that even the cheerleaders are quitting.
Bump that
4later
There's no way Putin rode a friggin' bear on its back.
That was an amazing prediction by Palin. She is a very intelligent and perceptive woman. I hope she will throw her hat into the ring again for 2016.
Blake Hounshell
@DCDude1776 ha… was extremely unlikely at the time!
4:02pm - 28 Feb 14
https://mobile.twitter.com/blakehounshell
Unlikely to you @blakehounshell .
Face the FACT:
@SarahPalinUSA WAS and IS smarter and more informed than you. cc: @DCDude1776
4:08pm - 28 Feb 14
Obama told the Ukraine if they liked their independence from Russia they could keep it.
Everything that Sarah has said has come true..from Obamacare and the death panels to this..yet she was mocked again and again, dont hold your breath for an apology from the lamestream media, they will cover Obama’s ass, instead talking about a bridge in New Jersey
Obama sends a stern warning to Putin. You step over this line it will be a “profound” violation of international law and will have severe consequences.
Meanwhile, Obama announces even deeper cuts to the military. Says our new green gay military is enough to scare the crap outta Putin.
-PJ
And yet it happened... Love the “Ha” bit. As if his uncomfortable mirth absolves his “Fail”.
It doesn’t.
Blake Hounshell
@DCDude1776 ha… was extremely unlikely at the time!
4:02pm - 28 Feb 14
https://mobile.twitter.com/Dudek2020/status/439536042824445952
@DCDude1776 He could just admit that he was piling on Palin cause all the cool kids were.
4:59pm - 28 Feb 14
@DCDude1776 Amen...
5:02pm - 28 Feb 14
Ping
DC Dude (@DCDude1776) tweeted at 4:04pm - 28 Feb 14:
@blakehounshell So an extremely unlikely scenario happened that PALIN called? The funny thing is Romney was mocked re: Russia, too.
(https://twitter.com/DCDude1776/status/439521426715201536)
DC Dude (@DCDude1776) tweeted at 3:48pm - 28 Feb 14:
@blakehounshell Will you be doing a reup of this article today? blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2008/10/… #Ukraine #russiainvadesukraine
(https://twitter.com/DCDude1776/status/439517393950605312)
https://mobile.twitter.com/blakehounshell
See my tagline.
Well, the new military tactics involves naked gay men on the other side of the horror inducing and internationally geared pink line carrying rainbow flags and taunting the enemy with threats of interior decoration.
It might just work! Sun Tzu got nothin’ on our PreZ I’ll tell ya!
On the other hand, Putin will likely wipe them out and Barry will tell Holder to sue him for a hate crime. That’ll REALLY show’em.
5.56mm
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