The problem is that three weeks ago, when Obama voted “present” and Palin gave her view, the no-fly zone would have made all teh difference immediately. Today, with the rebels nearing defeat, it will accomplish far less. I’m not convinced that it’s the right answer today, but I am sure that the long wait dramatically reduces any potential for benefit to our interests or to humanitarian interests.
Leaders lead... Obama putts.
What exactly is the Palin Doctrine?
Repeating whatever she has been told to say by her handlers?
"No-Fly Zones" are not a new idea. They were enforced by George H.W. Bush, by Bill Clinton and by George W. Bush.
When Palin is not specifically given talking points by her handlers about an international situation before an interview, the results are not pretty.
This was Sarah Palin's response when she was asked by a friendly interviewer on the Christian Broadcasting Network "What would YOU have done differently in handling Egypt:
“It’s a difficult situation, this is that 3am White House phone call and it seems for many of us trying to get that information from our leader in the White House it it seems that that call went right to um the answering machine. And nobody yet has, no body yet has explained to the American public what they know, and surely they know more than the rest of us know who it is who will be taking the place of Mubarak and I’m not real enthused about what it is that that’s being done on a national level and from DC in regards to understanding all the situation there in Egypt. And in these areas that are so volatile right now because obviously it’s not just Egypt but the other countries too where we are seeing uprisings, we know that now more than ever, we need strength and sound mind there in the White House. We need to know what it is that America stands for so we know who it is that America will stand with. And we do not have all that information yet."
Can you imagine Ronald Reagan ever giving such a non-answer in regards to a foreign policy question where he was asked what HE would do?
If there is a "Palin Doctrine" in there somewhere and anyone can decipher what Sarah Palin would have done about the Egyptian crisis, feel free to spell it out.
I can disagree with Palin on a single issue and still fully support her otherwise.
Plus, I would add that a unilaterally applied no-fly zone would be far more preferrable to me than one first “ordained” by the odious UN.
How’s this spose to work now? The UN says ‘jump” and we say ‘how high?”
No.
But I’m still for Palin. By a country mile.
Sounds like the Bush Doctrine to me.
Palin was wrong on this issue.