Sarah Palin, John McCain’s running-mate from Alaska, decided to give ABC an interview. Below are highlights of exactly why she waited so damn long.
GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?
PALIN: They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.
Yes, intelligence insights are roughly equivalent to things you can see from an island.
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 cooperate 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.
“It’s RUDE to second guess friends!!! Do you even KNOW what BFF means?”
What’s the lesson here? Israel is our friend. Hence, their violent history does not indicate their volatility as a nation at all. There is no reason for concern ourselves with them, let alone interfere with their military activities. To summarize:
VIOLENCE = We will give you guns, and help you invade your neighbors.
VIOLENCE + OIL = We will give your neighbors guns, and use them to invade you.
GIBSON: But, Governor, I’m asking you: We have the right, in your mind, to go across the border with or without the approval of the Pakistani government.
PALIN: In order to stop Islamic extremists, those terrorists who would seek to destroy America and our allies, we must do whatever it takes and we must not blink, Charlie, in making those tough decisions of where we go and even who we target.
GIBSON: Is that a yes? That you think we have the right to go across the border with or without the approval of the Pakistani government, to go after terrorists who are in the Waziristan area?
PALIN: I believe that America has to exercise all options in order to stop the terrorists who are hell bent on destroying America and our allies.
Correction:
VIOLENCE + OIL = We will give your neighbors guns, and use them to invade you without their permission.