While I will not divulge sensitive specifics in this open forum, I would ask you to remember that, as Governor of Alaska, Palin was CIC of Alaska's Air National Guard, part of whose strategic tasking was (is) protecting American airspace from incursions by "roaming" russian military aircraft.
During Palin's tenure there were attempts (2) by The Rodina to test her mettle as Alaska's Commander in Chief, and it almost cost Vladidmir two Mig-29's and a high-altitude surveillance craft (similar to our AWACS). Putin never tried again while Sarah was at the helm.
I believe the specifics of some if not all of this will become public knowledge during the coming election, but that's not my call to make.
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And, apparently Palin is too feckless to counter those "assaults". You're proving my point, and you don't even know it.
"Governor of Alaska, Palin was CIC of Alaska's Air National Guard, part of whose strategic tasking was (is) protecting American airspace from incursions by "roaming" russian military aircraft."
Look, you might find some other rube to believe this, but this idiotic story has absolutely no credibility with me. Why? Because as a former military legal officer, I fully understand the principle of "national command authority" as defined by the Goldwater-Nichols act and as it specifically relates to our national air sovereignty. The ONLY organization that is legally tasked to ensure that sovereignty is United States Northern Command(NORTHCOM), and it's subservient commands, NORAD and First Air Force(1 AF-AFNORTH)
State Governors, to include our "hero" Sarah Palin, are NOT included in that national command authority, in ANY way, at any time, ever. They do not have ANY command authority (or influence) in the operations that ensure our national air sovereignty, EVER. ALL command authority comes from one place, and one place ONLY, the Unified Combatant Command - NORTHCOM in this particular instance, and they - per the Goldwater-Nichols Act, ONLY take direction from the President of the United States through the Secretary of Defense. Period.
All assets, to include ALL national guard assets, assigned to NORTHCOM/First Air Force and engaged in air sovereignty missions are at the SOLE command of NORTHCOM. When are governors consulted in this command process? NEVER. But hey, don't take my word for it, just read the Goldwater-Nichols Act. Russians have been violating American air space for DECADES. And after a 15-year or so respite from these incursions, they started up again. How did we respond? Well, listen to what Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., head of the U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said in an interview
Your story is ridiculously absurd. Sarah Palin has NEVER "faced down" Vladimir Putin, or any Russian leader. Some of the crap you people come up with is really breathtaking.