Palin leaves open option of war with Russia (AP)

[keroro gunsou]

Source: Associated Press, by way of Yahoo

AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin left open the option Thursday of waging war with Russia if it were to invade neighboring Georgia and the former Soviet republic were a NATO ally. "We will not repeat a Cold War," Palin said in her first television interview since becoming Republican John McCain's vice presidential running mate two weeks ago.

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[TheCowsCameHome]

1. This will play nicely on the morning newspaper headlines

Bye, Sarah. Not nice knowing ya.............

[PATRICK]

2. no Cold War

when you're hot you're hot.

[superconnected]

3. Read her, she's a dip.

Okay this interview removed all of her fumbles. But don't worry the television will be showing her as she actually did the interview.

[aquart]

4. Does she realize that the Cold War was a form of PEACE?

And both of us having nuclear weapons kept us, while hostile, very very very peaceful?

[customerserviceguy]

32. Sorry

It's hard to think of the Korean War and the Vietnam War as forms of peace. Especially very, very, very peaceful...

[yellowcanine]

50. Not peaceful but considering the alternative I will take a Cold War then and now.

Palin does not know wtf she is talking about. A cold war is not the worst thing in the world - certainly avoiding one is not worth it if it raises the risk of a nuke war.

[Turbineguy]

5. I wish we could get

Dan Quayle back instead.

[nankerphelge]

8. No doubt....

Palin makes Quayle look like Churchill.

[Mari3333]

14. lol n/t

[trthnd4jstc]

6. Palin is an Idiot. Geez! Even I know that you do not show your hand.

Gov. Palin needs to learn so much more. She is dangerous. Threatening War with Russia! Governor do you Remember a thing called the Atomic Bomb? Gee Whiz Sister!

[jeff30997]

11. "Governor do you Remember a thing called the Atomic Bomb?"

Yes,she thinks that it's a compliment for sexy bimbos.

[cartach]

39. That's what they called the

final winner in the Annual Alaska Farting Contest last year. All kidding aside use of the atom bomb is a sure fire winner to include as part of the end times scenario. Religious extremists will use anything that's convenient to build their case,like why would God allow the Atom bomb to be invented, if not to make sure the prophecies would be fulfilled? Same goes for global warming,why is it happening if not to help bring about the end times? All I can say is God help us if these perverted religious fanatics who have insinuated themselves into the Republican party, gain power in the election.

[CatholicEdHead]

15. Duck and Cover!

[MUAD_DIB]

21. That's what I said to my wife just now!!!!!!

I didn't watch the interview, but on the way home from work I caught a snippint of her on NPR saying something about going to war with Russia!!!!!

I told my wife that this woman is dangerous and has no poker face.

You don't go on national TV and start talking war!


What a dolt!

[glinda]

35. Dangerous

The Bridge To Nowhere goes from her brain to her mouth. I would feel badly for her but she scares me too much.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. Hey, if they nuke northern AK,

offshore drilling will be the only thing it's good for. And I'll bet we could find little Mexican kids to do the labor really cheaply.

[LeftinOH]

9. Just give us a few more inches, Sarah- and we'll have enough rope to hang you...

but this could be enough if we're desperate (and we're not -yet).

[keroro gunsou]

10. replying to my own post... what a way to go..

with apologies to the late great mister rodney dangerfield:

i looked up the palin family tree and found out that sarah's the sap.

yeesh woman, try not the piss off the second largest military and nuclear arsenal on the planet...

to all the ladies of DU, i apologize in advance for this:

the bitch is batshit crazy.


and as a side note, yay me, my first post that made it to the greatest page

i just wish it was something better than this....

[Owl]

12. Piss on bimbo Palin.

[GOPNotForMe]

13. Did Yahoo! change the headline?

It's a lot more milquetoast now! Damnit!

[LeftinOH]

25. Yes, they did. They probably got a notice from the ministry of information...n/t

[The Liberal Thinker]

16. I don't think this is that ridiculous.

If Georgia or Ukraine were a part of NATO, we kind of would have to act... like it or not...

[The Liberal Thinker]

18. Then again, no reason to say the unspoken...

Unless she means it as a warning... in which case, WTF

[TheWatcher]

41. Of course you don't think it's ridiculous.

Since you have about as much grasp of the issues as she does. Perhaps you are not as batshit insane as she is, but that remains to be seen.

Georgia is not part of NATO and even if they were, it would be beyond foolish to start a NUCLEAR WAR with RUSSIA over it.

And please don't waste our time with intellectual bombs like "it would never come to that."

That is foolish thinking also.

But, then again it would be right in line with the intelligence and grasp of issues you have shown thus far.

Poor thing, you probably think it was Russia who attacked Georgia first.

Maybe when Lucas makes the "Special Edition" of the whole thing he'll change it just for you, like he did with the whole Greedo thing.

[The Liberal Thinker]

42. Shut the fuck up and go away.

Did you not read my addendum? I thought about what I'd said and added another angle of my thought process, you dumb shit.

Obviously it would be insane to start a nuclear war with Russia over Georgia. That would be utterly absurd. Stop characterizing my position as something it's not!

You know, I really love this board, but it's assholes like you who make me really lose faith in the ability of our party to reason and not just fall to the level of the Republicans whenever they sense that someone might disagree with them on an issue.

I am a Democrat. I don't always fall in with the pacifist vein of our party.

Get the fuck over it.

[TheWatcher]

51. Oh, and just what exactly do you plan to do about it, Captian Liberal?

"Did you not read my addendum? I thought about what I'd said and added another angle of my thought process, you dumb shit?"

Yes I did. And if you think starting a WAR with Russia would not have such an end, then you are every bit the ignorant half-wit you appear to be, or ever bit inept of the troll you try to be. Your pathetic attempt at backtracking doesn't wash.

"You know, I really love this board, but it's assholes like you who make me really lose faith in the ability of our party to reason and not just fall to the level of the Republicans whenever they sense that someone might disagree with them on an issue."

Glad you seem to like it here, but to be honest, you've done nothing but make a fool of yourself since you have been here. You haven't fooled anyone, and pretty much most people know what your angle is. You can stomp your feet and throw insults all you want, but nobody cares.

"I am a Democrat. I don't always fall in with the pacifist vein of our party. "

Yes, and I'm Ozzy Osbourne. Hope to see you at Ozzfest this year.

"Get the fuck over it."

Well, I have some bad news for you. Unless you plan on coming out from behind your keyboard and making me, I just don't see that happening, so my suggestion to you is to deal with it, my petulant little bitch.

Have a Nice Day, "Mr. Liberal"

[roamer65]

17. She's a waste of DNA.

[dubyaD40web]

19. Just what this country needs

More WAR! She's toast.

[CHIMO]

20. In Forty-Four Years

3-2-1.....

The more things change...

The Confiscation of American Prosperity

[sam sarrha]

22. they have Scaler Weapons... they are begging us to attack them

[Pavulon]

30. Visit russia

they are hollow and sad. Lots of people with oil money, more broke hungry people. They are still running soviet gear.

They are fighting to be relevant.

[sam sarrha]

36. Russia is run by a murderous cleptocratic Mafia , Scalar Weapons are dirt cheap.. unimaginably

destructive

[martymar64]

47. I'm sure their ICBM's work just fine

All several thousand of them.
You're whistling past the graveyard, my pedigreed chum!

[TheLastMohican]

49. It looks like

It has been a while since you last visited Russia.
And "still running soviet gear" is a hollow sentence. It works just fine, moreover some of the things are more reliable than the new shiny sh...ty chinese products.

[tabasco]

52. Just what Hitler said.

Congrats on your stupidity.

[Strelnikov_]

23. Oh yes. Global Thermonuclear War is definitely preferable.

Those cold war years were just a nightmare.

[kayell]

24. Sarah Strangelove: totally ready to deal with international relations

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[unkachuck]

26. what's the difference....

....between a war-monger candidate for president and a war-monger candidate for vice-president?

....lipstick?

[Milspec]

27. Time to bring back the old counter to

Berry Goldwater's "In your heart, you know he's right" slogan...

with "In your your guts, you know she's nuts"

[AndyTiedye]

43. Time For a New "Daisy" Ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKs-bTL-pRg

[manic_nevadan]

28. Stepford anyone?

From the Gibson interview

"I answered (McCain) 'yes' because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that you can't blink, you have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we're on, reform of this country and victory in the war, you can't blink," she said.

"the mission"


"YOU CAN'T BLINK"

Stepford anyone?

A photoshopped pic with the glass-black eyes couldn't have said it better than she did.

[closeupready]

29. Her failure to wield the full range of words in the English vocabulary shows what a lightweight she

is.

[llmart]

48. Did anyone else hear her say....

about Russia - "yeah, they're so close I can see them from where I am." Unfriggenbelievable. I thought, "Well, now, Sarah Dipshit, do you look out your kitchen window while doing dishes and there it is - Russia?" That's what she made it sound like.

I'm telling you, if people vote for this duo then this country deserves everything it gets.

[gordianot]

31. She has no idea what she is asking for, forget nuclear war even conventional is unreal.

Smart munitions, cluster bombs, radiation weapons, it is enough to make you wish for a nuclear exchange and get it over with. United States and Russian conventional weapons would not be a clash of half trained third world powers.

This woman is dangerous.

[AlphaCentauri]

33. Make Alaska independent and have Palin be the president of Alaska so she can make her own wars

with russia

[ColoradoMagician]

34. Very scary

She doesn't seem to put much thought into anything.

[farmboxer]

37. She's too stupid to know that a nuclear war is not winnable!

She appears to be delusional, very dangerous!

[badgervan]

38. Religious Fanatic

Nuts... every damn one of them.

[Indi Guy]

40. What an ignorant statement - the entire thrust of the decades long Cold War went over Palin's head..

...Talk about a national security risk???!!!

[Sabriel]

44. With apologies to Reagan

"Ms. Vice President, un-tear down this wall!"

Palin's making Ronnie look very attractive right now. If she and McCain get in, there's going to be serious reminiscing about the good ol' Bush/Cheney days.

[Infinite Hope]

45. She's naive. Russia's invasion of Georgia WAS provoked. n/t

[martymar64]

46. I'm sure the Russians have Anchorage as a nuclear target already

I'm afraid her precious Wasilla won't hold up well in a war with Russia. It's proximity to Anchorage will make it absolutely glow with fallout.