What she offers as "an excerpt" I estimated at five thousand words, and it does in fact count at 4617.She finishes with a statement from her essence, speaking of when America comes roaring back to life, and "why shouldn't we; we're Americans".
She covers the necessary history and geography.
An overlooked point is that the fall of the Wall, the end of the Cold War was thought by some to be the end of history--it was not.
It was thought to be the end of conflict, of war, of nation states--it was not.
It was seen by China as cause for rigidity and repression--that she sees this in China while Obama can only gush effusively (and naively) over the Potemkin Olympic production speaks worlds.
I give her top marks for noting only Gates must tighten his belt; the stimulus gives not even half a percent to defense.
She cites the cut in the F-22, the C-17, the missile defense as counter to what we must do.
She has a masterful phrase and concept in hard and soft power; Obama the metro leg-shaver wouldn't know hard power if it executed a coup in Maryland and Virginia during his Wednesday night Karaoke Bash.
She is very wise to see the need of India and Japan as countervailing power to that of China.
She is very solidly conservative to harp on the spending of Obama, the debt, the deficit, the taxing, rinse, repeat.
She is a realist in recognizing the challenge of China.
She is also realistic in her assessment of Afghanistan and the need for the same surge now to prevent its reversion to the Al Qaeda haven it was for 911.
And she got this out there ahead of Condi Rice, and in stark contrast to Obama's fake-o mimicry of Hamlet on this vital issue.
The American Thinker author says the GOP is starved for charisma.
I don't think we want charisma.
I think we want Sarah.
Mitt and Barack can debate how many health care perogatives can fit on the head of a pin.
Sarah can keep Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong Il from blowing up the world while creating the tax cuts and deregulation to get us roaring back.