Palin: Israel is the 'good guy'

[Scurrilous]

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"Israel is the "good guy" in the Middle East, Sarah Palin said, repeating her assertion that the United States should not second-guess its Iran strategies.

Alaska Gov. Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, was speaking on CBS Thursday in her second foreign policy interview since Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) selected her as his running mate a month ago.

Interviewer Katie Couric pressed Palin on her earlier insistence that the United States should not second-guess Israel even if it were to strike Iran to prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon.

"We shouldn’t second-guess Israel's security efforts because we cannot ever afford to send a message that we would allow a second Holocaust," Palin said. "They are our closest ally in the Middle East and they need us we need them and we shouldn't second-guess them."

Palin said the United States would naturally consult with Israel on such matters, but added that it was Israel's right "to fight against a regime like Iran who would seek to wipe them off the earth."

She added: "It is obvious to me who are the good guys and who are the bad guys."

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/110568.html

[tomp]

1. wow, what a clever diplomatic turn.

i guess meeting all those world leaders yesterday really paid off.

[Scurrilous]

2. Palin to Peres: I'm a longtime friend of Israel

Friendly encounter in US between Republican VP nominee, Israeli president

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3602375,00.html

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"President Shimon Peres met Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin Thursday and the two exchanged some warm words. Peres was on hand to deliver a speech at an international conference organized by former United States President Bill Clinton.

Upon meeting the Israeli president Palin told him she has wanted to meet him and get to know him for years. She added that the only flag in her office, aside from the American flag, is the Israeli flag, stressing that she wants Israelis to know that she's been a longtime friend of the Jewish state, and will remain such."

[Vegasaurus]

6. I don't trust her

she's another evangelical who just wants Israel for their rapture.

[LeftishBrit]

8. you are right there

A religious loony who wants Jews and Israel as pawns in a deadly game.

[Darwins Doberman]

3. Back at it, this cat is the wit and the charm

Taking you higher, like a syringe hittin' ya arm
Bringing the fire, making your Benz ring the alarm

[cali]

4. Cali: Palin is a fucking idiot. Even in a sea of fucking idiots that

piece of shit stands out.

[Violet_Crumble]

5. That headline is so true....

And from what I can work out, it's her stupidity and zero experience in crucial areas like foreign affairs (as well as her being a religious fundy type) that appeals to many conservatives. She's just like them, though they see her stupidity and lack of knowledge as making her a normal person, where normal folk see her as an abject idiot who's a joke now, but would be a serious danger to the world if McCain were elected and then fell off the perch....

[LeftishBrit]

7. I agree - and insane as well as an idiot.