LUNATIC. Complete. and utter. LUNATIC.

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PALIN: Well, you know, the Rose Revolution, the Orange Revolution, those actions have showed us that those democratic nations, I believe, deserve to be in NATO. Putin thinks otherwise. Obviously, he thinks otherwise, but...

GIBSON: And under the NATO treaty, wouldn't we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia?

PALIN: Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you're going to be expected to be called upon and help

Why is she a lunatic? BECAUSE RUSSIA IS A NUCLEAR POWER!!!! AND THE US HAS JUST MANAGED TO AVOID FIGHTING A FULL-OUT WAR WITH RUSSIA FOR SEVENTY YEARS BECAUSE IT MIGHT HAVE DESTROYED THE WORLD.

Has this woman EVER HEARD OF THE FUCKING COLD WAR!!!!! SPECIFICALLY, THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?!!!!?!!


Then again she knew shit about Iraq and seemed to think it was a battle ordained by God not too long ago, also seems to think that we are fighting the Shia down there as well, holy mother of averting catastrophes!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't let this insane duo win the White House!

From The Policy Director of teh National Security Network

Palin's Dangerous Saber Rattling on Russia

There are numerous problems with this statement. The most important element is that it sends a very dangerous and extreme signal to the world -- especially other nuclear powers. This type of dangerous talk reinforces the militaristic saber-rattling of the McCain campaign. From joking about bombing Iran, to talking about invading Iraq, Iran and Syria weeks after 9/11 to the misguided "we are all Georgians now," the McCain campaign is sending all kinds of horrifying signals to the world about the types of wars it would fight. Leaders in other capitals are paying attention and words matter.

Technically, if Georgia and Ukraine were to become part of NATO under Article Five, we would be obligated to protect them and even Obama-Biden support bringing them into NATO. But here's the thing...

No sane American or European leader would ever ever ever give an answer like that. You do not get into hypotheticals about nuclear war. You just don't. Palin references the Cold War. The only reason the Cold War stayed cold is because our leaders understood the stakes of getting things wrong and saying things that could lead to catastrophic nuclear war. During the Cuban Missile Crisis every word, every public statement, and any message that the Kennedy administration sent to the Soviets was checked, double checked, and triple checked to make sure it was sending precisely the right signal. This is what you are forced to do when you have thousands of nuclear weapons and so does your opponent. The stakes are simply too high. And yet there is a nominee for the vice presidency of the United States who may one day have her hand on the button and she is casually talking about potential catastrophic nuclear war.

This when Putin already believes that the US is behind that clusterfuck that was Georgia invading South Ossetia.


THIS shit is the result of intense tutoring by John McCain's foreign policy team? Oh. HELP!!!!

Via likeawoman: Mark Twain's War Prayer


UPDATE:

Oh my Lor'

On Israel

GIBSON: What if Israel decided it felt threatened and needed to take out the Iranian nuclear facilities?

PALIN: Well, first, we are friends with Israel and I don't think that we should second guess the measures that Israel has to take to defend themselves and for their security.

GIBSON: So if we wouldn't second guess it and they decided they needed to do it because Iran was an existential threat, we would cooperative or agree with that.

PALIN: I don't think we can second guess what Israel has to do to secure its nation.

GIBSON: So if it felt necessary, if it felt the need to defend itself by taking out Iranian nuclear facilities, that would be all right.

PALIN: We cannot second guess the steps that Israel has to take to defend itself.


This, of course, is BOUND to make the Middle East a safer and more peaceful place. LUNATIC.

Comments

[angiereedgarner.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting this. It makes me feel less alone in my cold-sweat terror of a McCain/Palin white house.

[mothwentbad.livejournal.com]

Wow... we can't... second-guess Israel... ever? They're the mommy that knows bestest of all? WTFing FUCK on a FUCKING STICK?!?

[doktor-x.livejournal.com]

Oh come on, she knows what she’s talking about.. After all, she commanded the Alaska National Guard! >_<

I really wonder why Republicans consider blind support of Israel launching WWIII is such a wonderful thing….