On Russia Palin Passes Neocon 101

Sarah Palin is a fast learner. Her interview with Charlie Gibson was further evidence that she has soaked up the neocon view of the world -- if you can't find an enemy, then create one. Russia's response to Georgia's declaration of war -- it was Georgia, after all, that started the conflict -- has been a blessing for the neocons, as it allows them to fight the cold war all over again.

Americans have been warned. If John McCain and Sarah Palin are elected, they will make the Bush administration look like a dress rehearsal for what's coming. McCain and Palin aren't as bad as Bush. They're worse. By treating Russia like an enemy, they will turn it into one. An American attack on Iran, which McCain is thirsting for, could lead to a wider conflict with Russia that has incalculable consequences.

In my book, They Knew They Were Right: the Rise of the Neocons, I sought to show how the neocons surrounded Dan Quayle, with William Kristol becoming his main tutor. Now both McCain and Palin are being closely advised by neocons. Far from being chastened by the Iraq debacle, the neocons are now poised for their moment of greatest influence, and Palin has made it abundantly clear where they and she are headed. Palin's comments aren't a warning. They're a threat.

Comments

[collegegirl19]

We can not afford another war. We're already in two. Now the Republicans want to get us into two more? & 1 of the enemies is Russia? I thought we didn't want to fight with Russia for the same reason we don't want to fight with China, we will be beaten terribly. This is another reason i'm voting for Obama, cuz he doesn't want to put us into another war. He wants to end the ones we're in now.

[Allablaze]

John McCain's idea of foreign policy is war. Palin appears to have the same view. The big defense contractors must love these two.

[snyggast]

4 (Four) more years of Cowboy Diplomacy!! Please have this as the title for you next article about Palin and her foreign policy expertise.

[BottomLine2008]

Hey, man, I like your book!

[realpolitic]

Can you imagine Bill Kristol being anyone's main tutor. He would just whisper in your ear all day: "War, War, War!!!!"

[eden4barack08]

"Sarah Palin is the distilled essence of wingnut. She has it all. She is dishonest. She is a religious nut. She is incurious. She is anti-science. She is inexperienced. She abuses her authority. She hides behind executive privilege. She is a big spender. She works from the gut and places a greater value on instinct than knowledge.

And most dangerous of all, she is supremely self-confident to the point of not recognizing how ill-equipped she is to lead the country."

[ffny]

McCain is more aligned to Putins thinking..­..........­Attack-Att­ack-Attack
Actually i think Putin may be the more moderate one.

And a running mate with great international exp. Palin, who can see Russia from the tip of Alaska. She or Alaskans may be the first to see what Russia will send us, her diplomacy sounds it's out of the cold war years .

[Liberoservative]

Russia isn't too happy about the remarks either

http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/30355

She's already put our foreign policy in danger

[UnbiasView]

Yeah . . . they liked Obama's UN solution much better because they hold veto power over anything UN related.

[ToonMoene]

Are you sure that veto works better than simply applying the MAD doctrine ?

Anyway - the obvious solution to the US (given the secessionist nature of the Alaskan government) is to simply sell it back to Russia - just put it on eBay.

[JonG345]

Wow, great editorial.

I keep hearing that the McCain-Palin campaign is complaining that the interview was sexist!! I call bullsh*t on that one, but have a suggestion to the Obama campaign: If every legitimate question of Palin's readiness or knowledge is supposedly deflated by claims of sexism, why not challenge Palin to interviews with all-female, moderate reporters?

[UnbiasView]

Why are you calling BS and is this any different than Obama surogates playing the race card all the time?

[PioneerKing]

Palin may have passed Neo-Con 101 but, the neo-cons should be very worried about having her a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
Even as Vice President Palin will have a tremendous amount of power.
Palin has shown that she is willing to turn on republicans - Palin turned on her mentor and benefactor Ted Stevens and other Alaskan republicans.
The republicans should be very afraid of this woman she has already started to turn against McCain.
Just check out what Palin said about McCain while giving her interview with Charlie Gibson,
"Charlie, again, we've got to remember what the desire is in this nation at this time," she said to the ABC host. "It is for no more politics as usual and somebody's big, fat resume maybe that shows decades and decades in that Washington establishment, where, yes, they've had opportunities to meet heads of state."
McCain/Palin at their republican convention attacked the republican party.
It won't be difficult for Palin to turn on McCain out of political expediency.
Palin points out that she has a special affinity for wildlife - being from Alaska and all.
Well in Alaska the wolves have been know to eat their own. So watch out McCain because that sheep in wolves clothing, your VP Palin, has feasted on the republican politicians in Alaska and now Palin is ready to feast on other republicans out of political expediency.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/11/sarah-palins-charlie-gibs_n_125772.html

[TRIATHLON]

(PEACE & MAIN ST.) VS (WAR & WALL ST.)

The world has got to understand that the (18th) Century Constitutional United States of America of Main St. of People who Prefer Peace, Partnership, Prosperity, and Plenty for the Population of the Planet, has devolved into the (21st) Century Grand Chessboard, Full-Spect­rum-World- Domination, Military Industrial Complex, Imperial Presidency, of Washington, D.C., Wall St., Warmongers, Want full-spect­rum-World-­domination­, thru the Wanton Waste of the World resources and environment, thru a Thermo-Nuclear Winter of War.
Peace & The Worlds Main Streets (Vs) War & The Military Industrial Complex, The City State Washington, D. C., The State of Israel (Major), and the City State of New York City (Israel Minor) Wall St.

[Nomccain]

Neocoooooo­ooooooooon­s have shown the same arrogance and unwillingness to accept anyone elses view on foriegn policy until the whole world hates us, and yet they keep funneling billions of dollars to these "rats" on an annual basis while they ridicule us and take our taxpayer dollars. They refused to go after the real terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan and chose to take down a dictator that "Daddy didn't get." This war was never about so called democracy....it was about pride and oil and it's cost thousands and thousands of young American lives. The real beneficiaries of this war have been the corrupt contractors and a corrupt Iraqi government that will probably still turn on us in the end. In fact, they've already told us to plan on getting out while this idiot McSame had refused to leave even under those conditions until Obama set a timetable for withdrawal and some accountability written in. It's time for change and some credibility in our foriegn policy and time for a REAL domestic policy that we've not had for over 8 years.

[TenThings]

The Republican ticket, is a shotgun wedding, between the Neocons and the Evengelical Fundamentalist. Its not about the candidates its about the people who surround the candidates.

[tj672]

IM SORRY TO SAY BUT I THINK THESE EVANGELICAL FUNDAMENTALISTS JUST MAY HELP ELECT THIS DISASTER OF A TICKET . I LIVE IN THE SOUTH AND I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE LOONIES MAKIN 7 BUCKS AN HOUR, NO HEALTH INSURANCE, TELL ME ITS THEIR "CHRISTIAN " DUTY TO VOTE MCCAIN-PALIN. THAT IS WHY MCCAIN PICKED PALIN BECAUSE THE SIMPLE MINDED SHEEP WILL FOLLOW THEM TO THEIR OWN SLAUGHTER.

[annieR]

Palin's interview strategy: a noun, a verb, and "Charlie."

[newbridge]

As another blogger mentioned today, Vladimir Putin vs Ms. Congeniality, oh s**t!!!!

We had better mend our neocon ways and get on the "rest of the world" team. If we don't we might be that country the rest of the world sanctions. We are in bad enough shape now without that.