Pro-Israel Palin?
Writing by abuhatem on Monday, 1 of September , 2008 at 4:21 pm
An email from Kalim Kassam of the Canadian antiwar conservative publication The Western Standard. Thanks for the alert. I am also having more and more suspicions of Palin, although I think generally speaking - from what I have seen - it appears that she leans on the traditional conservative and libertarian sides, but she has very few on record statements on foreign policy. She may have been against American support of the Israeli occupation in the past, but there is no real record on this, and even if she was/is she will be changed into a neoconservative for this campaign by McCain. His advisers have already said to the Washington Post that we shouldn’t worry about Palin, because when she is veep she will “learn at the hand of the master.” Yes, the master warmonger, who didn’t even know what the difference was between Sunni and Shiite…
Kassam’s email attached:
Abu Hatem,
It’s not just the libertarian and paleo blogosphere that’s trying to suss out exactly where Palin stands on foreign policy issues. As you know, the neoconservatives and Israel-firsters have concerns too. Of course it’s unlikely that even this former Buchananite has (or at least will express) any anti-interventionist positions given her denial of supporting PJB (despite what Pat said on MSNBC), her vetting by Bill Kristol, and of course her acceptance of a VP slot under John ‘invade the world’ McCain, but her popularity within the “pro-Israel” community in Alaska is another indicator that she will prove to be no Ron Paul Republican. Boker Tov Israel links to this Jerusalem Post article from Saturday and concludes that she is at least as pro-Israel as PM Olmert. Some choice quotations:
“Sarah’s absolutely pro-Israel,” [Alaskan Republican Jewish Coalition member Terry Gorlick] said, referring to conversations with her and comments she’s made about Israel’s security and its importance to the United States. He noted that as governor she signed a resolution honoring Israel for its 60th birthday.”
“She has ties and interests in the Holy Land,” said [Alaska AIPAC chairman, David] Gottstein, and also described her as someone who could be effective across party lines, noting that he worked well with her despite [his] being a Democrat.”
I really do like Sarah Palin, and I fear I may be going too soft on McCain as a result - but I’m not expecting anything other than standard establishment internationalism from her anytime soon. I’ll be watching her convention speech carefully to see if she shows any signs of independence from McCain, but that just doesn’t seem likely at all.
In peace and liberty,
Kalim Kassam
General Manager
www.WesternStandard.ca
Category: International Relations
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