Do you think Perry is willing to do the Cuban Missile Crisis over Israel or Taiwan? He might, but I don’t think George Bush was willing to go that far. I think Palin would.
I certainly hope Sarah Palin makes her mind up soon so you will know her plans.
I don't think any president, leftist or rightist, would be willing to go that far for Israel or Taiwan. Unlike missles in Cuba, the fate of those two lands are not issues of American national survival. Besides, I don't think the USA would ever be called upon to go that far in a nuclear sense, particularly in the case of Israel.