"Hey liberals, I'm crushing your head...I'm crushing your head."
Posted on 09/11/2008 2:38:36 PM PDT by Chet 99
ABC News
Sarah Palin Defends Experience, Takes Hard Line Approach on National Security
Republican VP Candidate Speaks with ABC News' Charlie Gibson in Exclusive Interview
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
Sept. 11, 2008—
On the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, Gov. Sarah Palin took a hard-line approach on national security and said that war with Russia may be necessary if that nation invades another country.
In her first of three interviews with ABC News's Charles Gibson and the only interview since being picked by Sen. John McCain as his Republican vice presidential nominee, Palin categorized the Russian invasion of Georgia as "unacceptable" and warned of the threats from Islamic terrorists and a nuclear Iran.
The Governor advocated the accession of Georgia and Ukraine into NATO.
When asked by Gibson if under the NATO treaty, the U.S. would have to go to war if Russia again invaded Georgia, Palin responded: "Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you're going to be expected to be called upon and help.
"And we've got to keep an eye on Russia. For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic country, unprovoked, is unacceptable," she told ABC News' Charles Gibson in an exclusive interview.
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And the article has lies ....says the librarian lost her job because she wouldn’t pull books from the library. That (dis)information has been discredited a number of times, so for ABC to provide this mis-information is a discredit to them!
Wearing the colors of the Evil Empire.
Putin is a former KGB officer who needs to be put on a very short leash.
I heard Hugh Hewitt announce this the other day
possibly. but, she just sent one hell of a message to our allies in the former eastern bloc.
“...you can make up your mind without having to parse every sentence.”
That is a trait I think of folks who know what they believe, and believe in it - regardless of how others might view it. I also think that it comes from your OWN thoughts and convictions, and not due to some “coaching by former Bush officials”.
Compared to many politicians who are more interested in not turning off any voters (”Well, a human life is blah-blah-blah-blah ad naueseum, but that is above my pay grade”).
"Hey liberals, I'm crushing your head...I'm crushing your head."
Here is the entire exchange:
PALIN: We cannot repeat the Cold War. We are thankful that, under Reagan, we won the Cold War, without a shot fired, also. We’ve learned lessons from that in our relationship with Russia, previously the Soviet Union.
We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along.
GIBSON: Would you favor putting Georgia and Ukraine in NATO?
PALIN: Ukraine, definitely, yes. Yes, and Georgia.
GIBSON: Because Putin has said he would not tolerate NATO incursion into the Caucasus.
PALIN: Well, you know, the Rose Revolution, the Orange Revolution, those actions have showed us that those democratic nations, I believe, deserve to be in NATO.
Putin thinks otherwise. Obviously, he thinks otherwise, but...
GIBSON: And under the NATO treaty, wouldn’t we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia?
PALIN: Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you’re going to be expected to be called upon and help.
But NATO, I think, should include Ukraine, definitely, at this point and I think that we need to — especially with new leadership coming in on January 20, being sworn on, on either ticket, we have got to make sure that we strengthen our allies, our ties with each one of those NATO members.
We have got to make sure that that is the group that can be counted upon to defend one another in a very dangerous world today.
GIBSON: And you think it would be worth it to the United States, Georgia is worth it to the United States to go to war if Russia were to invade.
PALIN: What I think is that smaller democratic countries that are invaded by a larger power is something for us to be vigilant against. We have got to be cognizant of what the consequences are if a larger power is able to take over smaller democratic countries.
And we have got to be vigilant. We have got to show the support, in this case, for Georgia. The support that we can show is economic sanctions perhaps against Russia, if this is what it leads to.
It doesn’t have to lead to war and it doesn’t have to lead, as I said, to a Cold War, but economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, again, counting on our allies to help us do that in this mission of keeping our eye on Russia and Putin and some of his desire to control and to control much more than smaller democratic countries.
His mission, if it is to control energy supplies, also, coming from and through Russia, that’s a dangerous position for our world to be in, if we were to allow that to happen.
-End of entire exchange.
Context is always important.
-Bob
Like I say, if Obama happens to fraud his way into the presidency expect Russia to roll over eastern Europe and beyond and China to act up in regards to Taiwan and the terrorists have a celebration knowing they will have their rights if they don’t succeed at first and will try, try again.
Sarah Palin will never get the Rodney King perpetual trophy, but she gets my vote!
Teddy Roosevelt!! (Yeah - I know who it really is.)
Not a hesitation!!! Your right JimRob!
GO SARAH and JOHN!
Wow....That would be just freaking AWESOME! ;-)
I am a huge Bolton fan.
Exciting isn’t it? :)
well, here’s at least one DU’er who was paying attention:
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DemsUnited (1000+ posts) Thu Sep-11-08 05:53 PM
Original message
Palin did FINE in the interview (unfortunately). The NATO question was two parts
Edited on Thu Sep-11-08 05:55 PM by DemsUnited
Should Georgia be part of NATO? Palin said yes.
Under the NATO treaty, wouldn’t we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia? Palin said perhaps, then gave reasonable answer with examples and big words and everything.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=578292...
Did we REALLY think the Repug handlers would let her fall on her face?
On edit: I’m just reading the transcript so I don’t know well she did with tone and demeanor.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7032334
bump
LOL, RR and Thatcher were also called warmongers.
It goes along with being a Republican....so get used to it.
It's time for a sequel.
YESS!!!!
Lousy Freeper troll.
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