Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has high praise for President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech, in which he detailed his personal philosophies on war and peace.
“I liked what he said. In fact, I thumbed through my book quickly this morning to say, ‘Wow, that really sounded familiar,'” she said in an interview with USA Today.
“I talked in my book too about the fallen nature of man and why war is necessary at times, and history’s lessons when it comes to knowing when it is that we engage in warfare. And a couple of the other things he said were, I thought, wow, good, those are nice, a broad message, so broad that I just wrote about those. A lot of Americans right now are getting to read also my take on when war is necessary,” she continued.
An excerpt from Obama’s speech:
I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake: Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler’s armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda’s leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force may sometimes be necessary is not a call to cynicism — it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.
We wanted to check out what Palin had to say about war in Going Rogue, but we’ve misplaced TPM’s copy. Anyone have excerpts to share?
