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Palin Pushes For War On Iran
The Richmark Sentinel ^ | February 8, 2010 | Siyabonga Ntshingila

Posted on 02/08/2010 10:52:46 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Self-confessed bulldog with lipstick and conservative hero Sarah Palin has started her 2012 campaign on a combative note. War with Iran and soon. This comes in the wake of Tehran yet again getting up the West’s noses with regard to their uranium enrichment programme.

Palin advocated war with Iran in a recent interview with Fox news and added that the war card may well be Obamas safest bet for re-election in 2012. "Say he decided to declare war on Iran or decided really to come out and do whatever he could to support Israel, which I would like him to do," she said on Sunday.

She also added that she felt Obama would not be re-elected were the US to go to the polls today.

This comes in the wake of her comments at a Tea party Convention this past weekend where she criticised Obama’s “hope-y change-y policies” and asked “what had they done for you”.

Palin who seemingly went to ground following her and Senator John McCain electoral loss to Obama in 2008 has recently become more publicly active, joining Fox News as an analyst and commentator and speaking out more on current political events.

That and rumours that she has a pool of advisers helping her analyse and speak out on policy has fuelled rumours that the Republican party is preparing her for a major assault on the polls in 2012. A frequent criticism of Palin during the last electoral race was that while she appealed very well to her conservative constituency her grasp on global affairs was embarrassingly limited and her views were too hardline to appeal to the crucial moderate voter pool.

Three sets of sanctions have already been imposed on Iran. Despite other countries which have veto power in the UN Security Council, China has insisted on continued dialogue to resolve the issue.

The US, which has accused Iran of developing nuclear weapons, has also threatened the Islamic Republic with war to force Tehran into halting its nuclear activities.

The war drums are being beaten as new reports have revealed that the Israeli navy has dispatched two ships armed with missiles into the Persian Gulf.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; bho44; bhoiran; bhomiddleeast; iran; iraniannukes; nuclearweapons; obama; palin; sarahpalin; wot
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He'll never do it.
1 posted on 02/08/2010 10:52:46 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Palin who seemingly went to ground following her and Senator John McCain electoral loss to Obama in 2008 has recently become more publicly active, joining Fox News as an analyst and commentator and speaking out more on current political events.”

Who wrote this, Baghdad Bob?


2 posted on 02/08/2010 10:54:41 AM PST by jessduntno (If Bawney Fwank talks in his sleep, is it considered wetting the bed?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Okay, now they’re just making stuff up about what she said. By the way, it’s probably a blog saying this, although I don’t know because I won’t dignify it with a hit.


3 posted on 02/08/2010 10:56:01 AM PST by Obadiah (Democrats and their life partners, the MSM)
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I don’t recall her advocating for war with Iran...anyone?


4 posted on 02/08/2010 10:57:43 AM PST by Blue Turtle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL she never said she wanted to go to war with Iran..she was making a hypothetical statement that if Obama has ANY chance in winning in 2012, he would have to show he is tough on terror, and if Iran has nuclear weapons and is a threat to Israel, that he might show some balls and attack Iran. Obama will NEVER do it because Obama is butt buddies with terrorist leaders


5 posted on 02/08/2010 10:57:47 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: jessduntno
Who wrote this, Baghdad Bob?

"There are no American tanks in Baghdad!"

6 posted on 02/08/2010 10:58:14 AM PST by paulcissa (The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Iran had their revolution in 1979. The U.S. is going into another Depression. Let’s take care of US for a change.


7 posted on 02/08/2010 10:58:19 AM PST by Soothesayer9
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think she Quoted Reagan “ We win, they Lose”


8 posted on 02/08/2010 11:01:11 AM PST by Sir Beowolf (We The People! The Tea Party lives)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Patently false to what Palin said. She was speculating to what would happen to Obama’s future political fortunes if he did indeed declare war on Iran. Nowhere did Palin mention her own personal preference towards Iran except in the same comment she hoped that Obama would begin to form a tighter relationship with Israel.


9 posted on 02/08/2010 11:02:42 AM PST by techno
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Look out Iran, President Palin will declare war on you in 2013.


10 posted on 02/08/2010 11:03:06 AM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: Blue Turtle
Nope. She was referring to something Pat Buchanan said, that Obama would have to “play the war card” to regain popularity. She liked the idea of more support for Israel but never alluded to the support for “playing the war card”.
11 posted on 02/08/2010 11:06:30 AM PST by StandUpChuck
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, we have two choices. Iran with nuclear weapons or war with Iran (not necessarily total war, but, you know, in the very least blockades and such). I’d love the discussion to be framed that way, instead of the old “We’re trying diplomacy, too, but our diplomacy is better than yours!”


12 posted on 02/08/2010 11:06:37 AM PST by Tublecane
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder what her husband’s views on this are?


13 posted on 02/08/2010 11:09:11 AM PST by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It looks to me like the “which” refers to the closer of the two clauses, the one about support for Israel.


14 posted on 02/08/2010 11:09:27 AM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: StandUpChuck
BAD idea, pushed by the nuttier members of the Israeli Right, and their apocalyptic supporters in the US, many of whom are not Jewish, btw. We should instead be supporting the opposition within Iran to undermine the Mullahs.

But hey, if you want to alienate the young, anti-Ahmadenijad opposition, kill innocent people, and send billions of dollars down a sinkhole fighting yet another war, you are entitled to.

Minnie Pearl once again should be careful when she speaks.

Demint/Daniels 2012.

15 posted on 02/08/2010 11:09:43 AM PST by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Writer = english as a second language.


16 posted on 02/08/2010 11:09:44 AM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I suppose the actual quotes were unavailable to this presstitute?


17 posted on 02/08/2010 11:11:15 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (I'm Ellie Light!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In the Fox News Sunday interview with Chris Wallace, she specifically said she didn’t think Obama would “play the war card”. Adding:

“I’m saying, if he did, things would dramatically change if he decided to toughen up and do all that he can to secure our nation and our allies. I think people would perhaps shift their thinking a little bit and decide, well, maybe he’s tougher than we think he is today. And there wouldn’t be as much passion to make sure that he doesn’t serve another four years —”

Any theory that Palin wants to go to war with Iran is a result of too many bong hits by the author.


18 posted on 02/08/2010 11:11:35 AM PST by bigbob
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To: Clemenza

Demint/Daniels???? LOL, seriously???
And then you wonder why we don’t take Palin-bashers seriously.


19 posted on 02/08/2010 11:15:51 AM PST by JerseyDvl (The Obama Doctrine in 6 words - Embolden Enemies, Abandon Allies, WEAKEN AMERICA.)
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To: JerseyDvl
Jim and Mitch have proven themselves to be highly intelligent, engaging combatants who have actually responded to the needs of their respective constituents with initiatives that have weakened the opposition. Minnie Pearl's pseudopopulist babble may have fooled those who are easily swayed by rhetoric and the need to have our own celebutard candidate, but they won't sway those outside of the cult, at least not for long.
20 posted on 02/08/2010 11:18:19 AM PST by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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