Palin flubs.

[Thomas Jackson]

Uh, You CAN see Russia from Alaska. There are two islands in the Bering Straight - Big Diomede and Little Diomede. The big island is Russian and the small one American. They are 1.5 miles from each other. Interestingly, the International Date Line separates the two, so there is a time difference of 23 hours between the two.

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Alaska is in the foreground, Russia in the Background.

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Uh, the DUmmies and the Kos-Kiddies were claiming that it was impossible to see Russia from Alaska.

They failed geography.

And Palin's answer makes sense. Russia is an aggressive menace, that is less than 3 miles from the United States. Putin is a quasi-dictator who wants to return Russia to its heyday as the Soviet Union.

As Alaskan Governor, Palin is quite aware of the threat that an aggressive Russia would pose. If the Russians ever do decide to invade, Alaska is the first target.

Pointing out how close the nations actually are is quite important. It lays out to the American people that Russia isn't way over there in Europe.

Russian troops could be on American soil in minutes if Putin so desired.

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France is further from England than Russia is from Alaska.

Proximity has consequences.

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Hitler thought that way as well.

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She was laying out that proximity has consequences.

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Because Putin is insane.

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What if Putin decided that he wanted Alaska back? What if Alaska was the goal rather than the lower 48? Are you suggesting that it would be impossible to pull off? That no invasion over the Bering Straight could possibly be successful?

Fact is, Russia could take Alaska relatively quickly.

Obama would quickly surrender the territory in pursuit of "peace at all costs." It would be Chamberlain appeasement all over again.

McCain would not surrender any part of our nation in such a scenario.

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Obama wouldn't go to war. He's a peace at all costs kinda guy.

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Not to mention, crazy guys do crazy things.

How quickly we all forget.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwdcmjBgNA

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So you are suggesting that we hand over Alaska to Putin if he wants it?

Obama wouldn't defend this country, McCain and Palin would.

In fact, McCain already has.

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So said the people who believed 9-11 couldn't happen here.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU1bmFoYPPo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzfF6E-tx7o

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1. A President Obama would gut the military, destroy our intelligence networks, and leave us virtually defenseless against a host of enemies.

2. Hitler also believed that he would have known about any attempt at an invasion, long before it was set in motion.

He was wrong.

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Think about it.

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He is insane, intelligent and calculating. Which is why we wouldn't want a President Obama facing him down.

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There would be no military response from an Obama presidency.

There would be (justifiably) from a McCain presidency.

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We have already had one president that gutted the military, crippled our intelligence network, and made 9-11 possible.

His name was Clinton.

Obama would be worse.

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No, he is a raving liberal. Liberals loath the military. That's what they do.

"Barack Obama: I’m the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning; and as President, I will end it. Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending. I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not weaponize space. I will slow our development of Future Combat Systems. I will institute an independent Defense Priorities Board to ensure that the Quadrennial Review is not used to justify unnecessary defense spending. Third, I will set a goal for a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal: I will not develop nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenal."

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He still believed that he would know about an invasion beforehand. His generals believed so as well.

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Translation = Surrender and beg your enemies not to hurt you.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o84PE871BE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpwdcmjBgNA

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If you put an irresponsible neophyte in the Whitehouse, one who has said they would set about destroying our military, America WOULD be defenseless.

Clinton policies caused 9-11.

Obama policies could cause WWIII.

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You made my point. Hitler thought that he knew where the invasion would took place, and that if wrong, he could move his forces to intercept at the first sign of a channel crossing.

The Normandy invasion was a complete surprise.

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Grandstanding does not equal will.