Just like me, I’m sure you have known some thin-skinned people in your life.  In fact, we have all been thin-skinned at one time or another as circumstances arise.   However, when you list the qualities that people want in the President of the United States, the leader of the free world, I doubt you will see that quality on the list.

This week, President “Scooter” Obama, met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for the purpose of signing a Nuclear Arms Non-Proliferation and Reduction Treaty.    Part of this new policy entails not retaliatiing against a first strike against the U.S. with nuclear weapons unless you are a very naughty country.  Scooter’s ultimate goal is to wipe out all the world’s nuclear stockpile within 10 years. 

 Kind of gives you a warm,fuzzy feeling, doesn’t it?

Yesterday, former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin expressed her feelings about Scooter’s less-than-fearsome nuclear policy:

“It’s unbelievable. Unbelievable,” said Palin on Wednesday evening while appearing on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program. “No administration in America’s history would, I think, ever have considered such a step that we just found out President Obama is supporting today. It’s kinda like getting out there on a playground, a bunch of kids, getting ready to fight, and one of the kids saying, ‘Go ahead, punch me in the face and I’m not going to retaliate. Go ahead and do what you want to with me.’

“No, it’s unacceptable,” she continued. “This is another thing that the American public, the more that they find out, what is a part of this agenda, they are going to rise up and they are going to say ‘no more.’ National security, national defense is the No. 1 job of the federal government.”

“I really have no response. Because last I checked, Sarah Palin’s not much of an expert on nuclear issues,”Scooter responded in an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.

Wrong, Scooter.  While I’m sure Gov. Palin doesn’t know how to construct a atomic weapon, she’s knows a great deal about the game we play wih our old adversary – Sean Connery, The Hunt For Red October.

What Obama and his Far Left Cabal don’t what you to know is, that as governor of a state with Nuclear Missile sites and because of Russia’s closeness to Alaska, she was briefed daily from her commanders. She served 700 days in office,  gaining knowledge from her Military commanders.

 Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks.  It’s on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units.

Paln, as governor of Alaska,  was briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counterterrorism.

She was the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security’s counterterrorism plans.  Palin was privy to military and intelligence secrets that are vital to the entire country’s defense because of Alska’s proximity to Russia.

So, Gov. Palin actually does know what she is talking about.  I’m shocked, I tell you.  Shocked.

How did Scooter come up with this boondoggle of a treaty?    Well, according to CNN:

Negotiators (i.e., Bureaucrats) have been working since April 2009 to wrap up the “follow-on” to the 1991 START agreement. Talks were difficult, with disagreements over verification, including on-site inspection of missiles that carry nuclear warheads.

A U.S. official with knowledge of the talks earlier said that negotiators had found “innovative” ways to verify what each side has ( phone calls…text messages?). Verification will be a top issue politically (no kidding) because the U.S. Senate and the Russian parliament will each have to ratify any agreement.

Russian officials at one point objected to the Obama administration’s plans to build a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe. Specifically, they were angered by news leaks from Romania that it had agreed to allow missile interceptors to be installed in that country.

The issue, according to arms control experts, was resolved by including non-binding language (well, that certainly put some teeth in it) in the START treaty’s preamble stating that there is a relationship between offensive and defensive weapons; however, the treaty itself deals only with limits on offensive weapons systems. This resolution could help placate U.S. critics who want no link in the treaty between offensive and defensive weapons, arguing that it might be used to try to limit a U.S. missile-defense plan.

The new treaty would be the first pact related to arms control since the end of the Cold War, experts have said, setting the stage for further arms reductions that will tackle thorny issues such as what to do with non-deployed warheads that are kept in storage, tactical nuclear weapons and further cuts in missiles and launch vehicles.  (How’s that unicorn doing in your back yard, Skippy?)

Some of those issues are expected to come up at the nuclear security summit in Washington on April 12-13. (Ya think?)

So, on one hand we have a former Alskan Governor, who was briefed daily for 700 days about the Russian Nuclear arsenal by Professional Military men.  On the other hand, we have a former law school guest lecturer/community organizer who has held the highest administrative office in America for a little over 14 months being advised by professional,  Liberal, government bureacrats.

No wonder Scooter had to resort to the Pee-Wee Herman Defense.  I know you are, but what am I?

Sources:  abcnews.com, cnn.com, usmessageboard.com