I have no concerns of Palin on the International Scene. She has excellant people around her to navigate that...and she herself has come up to par with what's going on. Besides she is very much aware of the Islamic threat.
Additionally she has had more than her share of "smoky back rooms" in her position as governor...and came out on the other side the victor.
People still make the classic mistake of equating plain spoken/folksy whatever, with stupid.
When considering what all those Yale/Harvard diplomas have gotten us, I think ‘Folksy’ is a far better thing to be. I have met way more college educated morons than I have ‘dumb’ country bumpkins.
Care to name names.