[Peace-discuss] Sarah Palin vs. the Tea Party

Sun Nov 14 19:58:05 CST 2010

dailyteaparty.com:

Sarah Palin's Letter to Congress Freshmen Advocates for More War, Spending and Israeli Interests.
by Peter Porteous
Sarah Palin, like many in the neocon wing of the Tea Party, shows where her loyalty lies, not the United States, but in Israel.  The United States Constitution  is very clear on how a war is to be declared, the founding fathers were clear about not wanting 'tangling alliances' to interfere with domestic policy, common sense shows that the United States can not under any sane perspective keep on policing the world with its over 700 bases without going bankrupt.

Yet Palin manages to say that she is pro-Constitution and principles, yet advocate for undeclared - unconstitutional wars, their accompanying spending, and at the same time pledge loyalty to Israel, and support their illegal settlements and expansionistic policies, which by the way, are paid, by American taxpayers.

If there is one true Tea Party, it is the one that follows the principles of the founding fathers and the CONSTITUTION. A Tea Party whose guiding principles are those of Jefferson and common sense.  The real Tea Party's loyalty is to the United States and its Constitution; not to foreign intervention and Israel's dictates as they come from AIPAC and other lobbies.

[Palin Writes:]

  "On foreign policy and national security, I urge you to stick to our principles: strong defense, free trade, nurturing allies, and steadfast opposition to America's enemies. We are the most powerful country on earth and the world is better off because of it.

  Our president does not seem to understand this. If we withdraw from the world, the world will become a much more dangerous place. You must push President Obama to finish the job right in Iraq and get the job done in Afghanistan, otherwise we who are war-weary will forever question why America's finest are sent overseas to make the ultimate sacrifice with no clear commitment to victory from those who send them.

  "You should be prepared to stand with the president against Iran's nuclear aspirations using whatever means necessary to ensure the mullahs in Tehran do not get their hands on nuclear weapons. And you can stand with the Iranian people who oppose the tyrannical rule of the clerics and concretely support their efforts to win their freedom - even if the president does not.

  You need to say no to cutting the necessities in our defense budget when we are engaged in two wars and face so many threats - from Islamic extremists to a nuclear Iran to a rising China."