OMG!!! - Sarah Palin Uses Info Gleaned From 'Treasonous' WikiLeaks To Pen Op-Ed On Dangers Of Iran

[kpete]

Sarah Palin Uses Info Gleaned From 'Treasonous' WikiLeaks To Pen Op-Ed On Dangers Of Iran

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing First Posted: 12-22-10 01:00 PM | Updated: 12-22-10

Sarah Palin sought to build her foreign policy credentials on Tuesday, with a new op-ed arguing that the Obama administration needs to "toughen up" on Iran based on information from leaked diplomatic cables that she had earlier denounced.

The former Alaska Governor writes in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-12-22-column22_ST2_N.htm

Iran continues to defy the international community in its drive to acquire nuclear weapons. Arab leaders in the region rightly fear a nuclear-armed Iran. We suspected this before, but now we know for sure because of leaked diplomatic cables. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia "frequently exhorted the U.S. to attack Iran to put an end to its nuclear weapons program," according to these communications. Officials from Jordan said the Iranian nuclear program should be stopped by any means necessary. Officials from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt saw Iran as evil, an "existential threat" and a sponsor of terrorism. If Iran isn't stopped from obtaining nuclear weapons, it could trigger a regional nuclear arms race in which these countries would seek their own nuclear weapons to protect themselves.

The "leaked diplomatic cables" that Palin speaks of are, of course, dispatches released as part of WikiLeaks' latest document dump, an action that she deemed "treasonous," later asking why the group's founder, Julian Assange, was not "pursued with the same urgency we pursue al Qaeda and Taliban leaders."

more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/22/sarah-palin-wikileaks-iran-op-ed_n_800285.html

[beac]

1. Wow. That kind of stupid doesn't just burn...

it incinerates. :banghead:

[madmax]

5. Allow me to join you.

:banghead: I can't understand how anyone --- anyone --- even the hugh moran thinks this woman is qualified for ANY office, much less President. :mad:

[mikekj]

6. Actually,

I really don't see a problem here. Yes, it was confidential information at one time. Now it is in the public domain. Everyone now has access to that information.

I don't like the fact that it was leaked, but, you just can't put the genie back in the bottle.

[CJCRANE]

8. Either way she negates her own argument against Wikileaks.

Either it's treasonous to release and dangerous to discuss the information or...in fact the information is quite useful and helps add to the public debate.

[Motown_Johnny]

9. Honestly?

She doesn't even question if the information is valid.


Hypocrisy means nothing?

[SpiralHawk]

10. Horsepucky. Gov. Quitter (R) condemns the leaks, then profits from them

Typical Republicon BS hypocrisy, and failure to accept responsibility for actions. As the republicons demonstrate over and over, avoidance of responsibility is their main Family Value

[madmax]

12. Or the idiot back in Alaska nt

[beac]

13. As others have pointed out the "stupid" is in Palin ranting against the leaks and then, when

it suits her, USING the information in the leaked documents for one of her other rants. :banghead:

[sabrina 1]

15. You don't like the fact that it was leaked? Explain why if you don't

mind? Wikileaks is an award-winning International News Organization. The actions of this government affect people around the world, most of the time, adversely. The American people have a right to know what their government is doing in their name, such as illegally killing and torturing people. Any news organization that has information exposing corruption and does not publish it, becomes complicit in those crimes.

If we don't want to see these kinds of revelations, then how about restoring the rule of law in this country and we will have nothing to worry about?

But I'd love to hear your rationale as to why we should suppress and censor the news?

[MiniMe]

2. Proper grammar, intelligent writing. Sarah didn't write it

She just signed her name to it.

[Raksha]

3. And the Hypocrite of the Year award goes to...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. -insert- Todd's cock joke -uninsert-

[SpiralHawk]

7. Republicon Family Hypsocrisy

as usual...

[DCKit]

11. Teh defintion of moran. nt

[bobthedrummer]

14. kick