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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3
I'l wait until I have the hard facts next time..I should have posted that bizarre interview of today where she discussed having a war with Russia undermining McCain's own postion! Brother this chick is a whackjob!
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But see there is another example of taking her statement out of context. Her actual statement is different.
From MSNBC (a network as clearly biased towards the Dems as Fox is to the Republicans.)
According to a partial transcript of the interview published Thursday evening by ABC News, Palin, 44, whose foreign policy credentials have been questioned since she was chosen two weeks ago to be Sen. John McCain’s running mate, said Washington should consider economic sanctions against Russia.
Palin criticized Russia’s incursion into the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia last month, saying: “We’ve got to keep an eye on Russia. For Russia to have exerted such pressure in terms of invading a smaller democratic country, unprovoked, is unacceptable.”
“We have got to show the support, in this case, for Georgia,” she said. “The support that we can show is economic sanctions, perhaps, against Russia, if this is what it leads to.”
Georgia has applied for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the U.S.-led Western military alliance, which last month proposed establishing a commission to expedite negotiations. Palin said Thursday that Georgia should be admitted, along with Ukraine, another former Soviet republic.
Asked whether the terms of the NATO treaty would require the United States to come to Georgia’s defense in a confrontation with Russia, Palin said: “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. ...
“We have got to make sure that that is the group that can be counted upon to defend one another in a very dangerous world today,” she said.