Wizard's Lair

Apparently, Palin, in a recent Facebook post went off on a snippet of something that President Obama said. Here is an article about it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/sarah-palin-where-is-obam_n_540668.html

The whole problem is that she took a very small snippet of a larger statement to pounce on. The small portion of his statement, when taken alone, makes it look like he is dissing America.

However, if ACTUALLY taken  in context, you can  see that he was talking about something completely different from what Palin is claiming that he said.

Here is Obama’s actual statement:

“What we can make sure of is, is that we are constantly present, constantly engaged, and setting out very clearly to both sides our belief that not only is it in the interests of each party to resolve these conflicts but it’s also in the interest of the United States. It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them. And that ends up costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure.”

The portion in bold is the part that Palin is blathering about. In short, she is being dishonest, both intellectually and factually. And, IMO, every news outlet out there needs to call her on it!