Monday, September 29. 2008
Foreign Relations 101
From the Katie Couric CBS interview with Sarah Palin:
Think about this for just a minute. This is a basic issue that the Bush Administration has been dealing with - and that even they understand. Sometimes, when you encourage democratic processes, the guys who disagree with you will win. Heck, the Bush Administration's reaction to the Hamas win has been fairly reasonable, using economic and diplomatic pressure to make changes to a bad situation.
But Sarah Palin doesn't even understand the question. She doesn't say that Hamas winning wasn't in America's interest. She doesn't point out that there will be occasional bumps in the road. She doesn't understand that Ahmadinejad was elected in a (ostensibly) democratic vote. What she says here is that America should support those who are elected democratically - i.e. she supports Hamas!
And Republicans want to put this woman one heartbeat away from the Presidency?
Couric: What happens if the goal of democracy doesn't produce the desired outcome? In Gaza, the U.S. pushed hard for elections and Hamas won.
Palin: Yeah, well especially in that region, though, we have to protect those who do seek democracy and support those who seek protections for the people who live there. What we're seeing in the last couple of days here in New York is a President of Iran, Ahmadinejad, who would come on our soil and express such disdain for one of our closest allies and friends, Israel ... and we're hearing the evil that he speaks and if hearing him doesn't allow Americans to commit more solidly to protecting the friends and allies that we need, especially there in the Mideast, then nothing will.
Think about this for just a minute. This is a basic issue that the Bush Administration has been dealing with - and that even they understand. Sometimes, when you encourage democratic processes, the guys who disagree with you will win. Heck, the Bush Administration's reaction to the Hamas win has been fairly reasonable, using economic and diplomatic pressure to make changes to a bad situation.
But Sarah Palin doesn't even understand the question. She doesn't say that Hamas winning wasn't in America's interest. She doesn't point out that there will be occasional bumps in the road. She doesn't understand that Ahmadinejad was elected in a (ostensibly) democratic vote. What she says here is that America should support those who are elected democratically - i.e. she supports Hamas!
And Republicans want to put this woman one heartbeat away from the Presidency?
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