If you want to take my idea that I have posted here before and run with it go ahead.
It is not the handshake and the veil, it is what she will represent to the women in the Arab world.
She is more dangerous than our Military as Arab women see this women of inner strength and beauty not taking back seat to a man or Sharia law for that matter. They will look at these ugly men in thier lives and tell them all to go to hell. She is more of a threat to these impotent tyrants by her presence than her given 4 Stars the authority to use force...
Her effect on Women in the Arab world should not be underestimated either. The fact that they will see the male leaders showing respect to Sarah Palin will cause them to demand it for themselves. The dynamic will have a tendency to civilize the more barbaric aspects of Sharia law.
Good point, taildragger.