[Lurking in Kansas]

The more I read about Palin, the more I LOVE her.

I was just going to vote for McCain as a vote against Obama, this pick has really fired me up about the ticket.

[mylife]

And thats the truth.

[mylife]

[ScaniaBoy]

Good points. Tallies with something I posted on this thread:

"They pointed out that during her term as governor, Palin met with David Akov, Israel’s Consul General for the Pacific Northwest Region of the US.

The two reportedly discussed cooperation between Israel and Alaska on such issues as counter-terrorism initiatives. During the meeting Akov invited Palin to his home country, which she said she would like to visit, and the governor told the diplomat that her state’s residents love Israel."

!!!!

[HIDEK6]

According to the Washington Post, she first met with McCain in February, but nobody ever found out. This is a woman used to keeping secrets.

Yes, I noted that on another thread.

At the time I was struck by the thought, "What if some chick rat governor had been talking to Hussein about being his VP?"

I'd bet (and I don't gamble) that information would have been leaked in a heartbeat.

[FreedomProtector]

An Alaska governor gains unique international experience—it is the only state in the union which borders Russian Territory. It also borders Canada.

[twhitak]

Her exposure to classified material may rival even Biden's.

Ruh Roh!

[mewzilla]

Gov. Palin has more executive experience than the other three people on the tickets...combined.

[Nonperson]

Wow! Good points!

[Eye of Unk]

Over Alaska -- A 90th Fighter Squadron F-22A Raptor escorts a Russian TU-95 Bear out of Alaskan NORAD Region airspace Nov. 22, 2007. This marked the first time a Raptor was called upon to support the ANR mission. U.S. Air Force photo

[Eye of Unk]

[Rokurota]

I agree with Jonah that just saying that she is head of the Alaska National Guard sounds weak. It has to be explained what that means. The news media are pretty ignorant on these types of things.

[nclaurel]

Why is the RNC countering with info like this?

[SuziQ]

Great information! Thanks for the post! Helps us counter the arguments we’ll be hearing from folks whose only source of news is the MSM.

[SE Mom]

Here are some links that illustrate the importance Alaska plays in the security of our country- beginning with the link Jonah mentioned in his piece on NRO.

pppsssttt... the Governor of Alaska is Sarah Palin. Her security clearance is certainly higher than Obama’s.

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/08/commanding-the.html

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=2483

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=47177

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/arng-ak.htm

[papasmurf]

Excellent find, thanks.

[Eye of Unk]

At the outbreak of World War II there were fewer than 300 soldiers in Alaska, at Chilkoot Barracks near Haines. There was no naval base to protect a coastline longer than that of the entire United States. In 1939 and 1940, Congressional appropriations finally provided for naval stations at Dutch Harbor, Sitka and Kodiak; for Fort Richardson and its air base, Elmendorf Field, at Anchorage, and for an aircraft cold weather testing station (later Ladd Field) at Fairbanks. Preparations came too late. Japanese forces bombed Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians in June, 1942, and occupied Kiska and Attu without opposition. Alaska at War: World War II and the Aleutian Campaign The few Aleut residents were interned in Japan. The U.S. removed the remaining inhabitants of the Aleutians west of Umiak Island to temporary camps in southeast Alaska, where many died under sub-standard living conditions. The others were returned after the war to homes that had often been looted and vandalized. American troops re-took Attu in May, 1943, and Kiska in August. Later the Aleutians were used as a base for air raids on Japan. A unique aspect of the war was the ferrying of 7,926 American aircraft to the Russian front in Europe, via Great Falls, Montana, Fairbanks, Nome, and Siberia.

[maggief]

Being prepared - Test to see how emergency services react to imaginary crises is tied to national exercise NORTHERN EDGE A GAME THAT’S TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY

Anchorage Daily News (AK) - May 1, 2007

Author: DON HUNTER Anchorage Daily News ; Staff

EXCERPT

LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Many if not most of the scenarios ahead will hit first and hardest at local communities. City police and firefighters will be the first on the scene, as they almost always are. If the mayor of Juneau or Fairbanks finds explosions taking out buildings downtown, let’s say, and realizes his town’s capabilities are overmatched, Gov. Sarah Palin ‘s people will get a call. It’ll be Palin ‘s job to direct Alaska State Troopers or other agencies to help, and to decide if it’s time to call Washington, D.C.

Every task won’t be deciding how to respond to a collapsing building. A large part of these exercises will be figuring out how to stop someone from blowing the thing up, according to John Madden, director of Alaska’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.

“We decided early on ... that this exercise is focused on sharing information, deterring a threat, and apprehending (plotters),” Madden said in his office in the Alaska National Guard Armory on Fort Richardson.

[roaddog727]

Likely she has SCI or perhaps even codeword.

What does Biden have? Secret at best? I personally would not trust a DEM to have anything beyond Secret (visions of Sandy Burgler).

[Cheetahcat]

Thanks for posting this!