Sarah Palin - "Attack Iran"

Sarah Palin has stated that she thinks Barack Obama will have a good chance for re-election if he attacks Iran. This is solid evidence that Palin does not understand United States foreign policy, diplomacy, global oil supplies and Iran in general.

Despite being able to see Russia from her backyard,  Palin obviously does not realize that, Iran has strong economic ties with Russia and China. Russia gets most of its oil from Iran. If we were to attack Iran this would very likely trigger World War III. 



We have all watched the Iranian people in their outrage over last year's fraudulent election in which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed victory. We all would like to see Iran win its freedom from Ahmadinejad and his oppressive regime. 

But the Iranian people do not trust America. They do not want an American-backed coup and they certainly do not want us to bomb their country. Apparently, Palin thinks that America needs more war. 



Only a fool would think that bombing or otherwise attacking yet another sovereign nation is a step in the right direction. The fact that Palin thinks this is the answer is evidence that the right learned absolutely nothing from the Iraq invasion. 

Palin seems to think that bombing Iran will help Israel. The truth is that if we bomb Iran, Ahmadinejad's first response will be to fire all of Iran's missiles at Israel. This right-wing mantra of shoot first, think later has got to be stopped.



In the end, Israel will bomb Iran's nuclear facilities when they deem the threat is unacceptable. By allowing Israel to handle the situation, Obama will be able to deny prior knowledge of and publicly disavow the air strikes, thus avoiding a much larger conflict.

This is how the world works. Anyone who studies history, diplomacy and foreign relations already knows this. Sarah Palin obviously does not. When we elected Barack Obama to the presidency, we were, in essence, telling the world, "yes, we have stupid people and we deeply regret electing their ringleader" (Bush). Let's not take a step backwards by electing Sarah Palin.



Sarah Palin is not qualified to do anything more than encourage simple-minded people. Palin's most successful career, prior to becoming a mouthpiece for Fox News, was as a weather girl. Not a meteorologist, just a weather girl. Sarah Palin has never, not once, spoke intelligently pertaining to policy. 

Palin has a lot of folksy sayings, and knows a few political buzz phrases that she barely understands. Palin's best political move seems to involve her sale of the private jet that Alaska maintained for her travel.



Now personally, the way I see it, if I have to sell my car to pay my bills, this does not make me a savvy economist. It just means I am broke. Sarah Palin will very likely run for president in either 2012 or 2016. 

Unless we want a repeat of the Bush administration, we need to work harder to make progress. If we do not unite in the way we did to elect Barack Obama, the Tea Party is going to elect this simple woman to lead our nation right down the toilet...

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