Palin's Dangerous Sabre Rattling on Russia:

[EV_Ares]

Sarah Palin said something very very dangerous today during her interview with Charlie Gibson.

PALIN: Well, you know, the Rose Revolution, the Orange Revolution, those actions have showed us that those democratic nations, I believe, deserve to be in NATO. Putin thinks otherwise. Obviously, he thinks otherwise, but...

GIBSON: And under the NATO treaty, wouldn't we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia?

PALIN: 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.

There are numerous problems with this statement. The most important element is that it sends a very dangerous and extreme signal to the world -- especially other nuclear powers. This type of dangerous talk reinforces the militaristic saber-rattling of the McCain campaign. From joking about bombing Iran, to talking about invading Iraq, Iran and Syria weeks after 9/11 to the misguided "we are all Georgians now," the McCain campaign is sending all kinds of horrifying signals to the world about the types of wars it would fight. Leaders in other capitals are paying attention and words matter.

Technically, if Georgia and Ukraine were to become part of NATO under Article Five, we would be obligated to protect them and even Obama-Biden support bringing them into NATO. But here's the thing...

rest of the article @ the link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ilan-goldenberg/palins-dangerous-saber-ra_b_125812.html

[Boz]

1. Yeah and when does this air, The day Russia parks two Bombers in Venezuela and kicks out our

Envoy.

Those bombers can reach Alsaka, by the way, with out ever crossing US airspace until the last 45 seconds oh and DC the other most important place in the world.

[dkf]

2. I heard this clip on the radio when I was going home last night.

Its getting pretty good play I'd say.

[WCGreen]

3. I don't think it is all that wise to be including Georgia and Ukraine into

NATO...

We don't need to physically contain Russia anymore. I doubt if they are going to spill over into Ukraine with the next stop being Paris.

Beside that, we couldn't get Western Europe to stand up to Russia because they are so dependent on them for natural gas. All we would be doing is tolling a death nell by bringing in Georgia and Ukraine into NATO because their own "neighbors" wouldn't stand up to Russian aggression.