Palin Foreign Policy: Eyes Wide Shut?

Crabtownboy · Sep 14, 2008

We knew Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin knew little about foreign affairs, but after her media debut on ABC yesterday, now we know how little.

The one saving grace about Palin's zero experience is the hope that as an outsider, Vice President Palin could inject some fresh, innovative perspectives on issues like the Middle East. She had me going for a minute when she responded to Charlie Gibson's question about whether she had ever even met a foreign head of state (answer: no) with a tirade against the Beltway elite's business as usual.

It is for no more politics as usual and somebody's big, fat resume maybe that shows decades and decades in that Washington establishment, where, yes, they've had opportunities to meet heads of state ... these last couple of weeks ... it has been overwhelming to me that confirmation of the message that Americans are getting sick and tired of that self-dealing and kind of that closed door, good old boy network that has been the Washington elite.
Yet, American policies as usual seem to be Palin's inclination when it comes to the Middle East. The ABC interview as a whole revealed that not only is Palin ignorant about world affairs, what she has learned is pretty identical to the discredited views of the Washington elites running Bush's foreign policy during the last two presidential terms.

Here's what the ABC interview told me about Palin's Middle East/foreign policy views:
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http://time-blog.com/middle_east/

KenH · Sep 14, 2008

So much for the "hope" that she would inject fresh ideas into foreign policy. She is just regurgitating the old bad ideas.

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