IS PALIN ACTUALLY ACCUSING RUSSIA OF VIOLATING U.S. AIRSPACE?!

I still am in awe that this is actually happening!

Here's the quote:

"It's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where-- where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is-- from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there."

Is Palin claiming that Russia is violating our air space in Alaska? Is she claiming that we do the same with predator drones in Russia? You know, this would be a fantastic joke if this woman wasn't so close to becoming the President of the United States.

Let's also be clear about something, the portion of Russia that comes closest to Alaska is not what you'd call a "hotbed" of Russian airspace. Here's a Map of Russia:
The upper-right (and yellow) portion of the map is the closest geographical point to Alaska. It's called Chukotka, and has fallen on some hard times since the "readjustment" of Russia in the early 1990's. It's population (once over 160,000) has dropped to a mere 55,000 - or roughly .1 inhabitant per square kilometer.

As for her claim that they were "keeping an eye" on Putin from Alaska, it should be noted that Moscow (where he resides) is some 4,000 miles away from the area, and therefore would make any spying operations launched from Alaska a pretty pointless adventure. It's like a foriegn country saying they were flying over Hawaii to "keep an eye" on President Bush - and that analogy only works if Hawaii were a nearly uninhabited chunk of frozen tundra.

At some point there has to be some "straight talk" from the media about Sarah Palin, right? Are we living in a dream world where this crap is allowed to pass?

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