She comes from the traditionalist wing of the GOP. To quote lewrockwell.com
" But make no mistake. Sarah Palin is no neocon. She did not come by her beliefs by studying Leo Strauss. She is a traditionalist whose values are those of family, faith, community and country, not some utopian ideology."
Last I checked, I'd probably share those values. At the same time, I am a believer in an aggressive and anti-terrorist foreign policy. Those aren't mutually exclusive, and I guarantee you
I didn't come by my beliefs studying Leo Strauss. Of course, when we're talking about neo-cons, there's the nuance between perceived neo-con which is a Conservative with a Dubya-esque foreign policy, or the textbook definition of a neo-con which would be a hawkish member of the Democratic party that "moved" to the Right during the era spanning from Nixon to Reagan. I'm referring to the first definition, "perceived neo-con".