Wow. Sarah Palin didn’t know what the Bush doctrine was. It’s the policy that America should be able to attack countries pre-emptively to protect ourselves. The ABCNews.com website, inexplicably, didn’t lead with that point, which struck me as the obvious headline from the first interview. Most of her other answers were passable but that’s a rather stunning gaffe.Around 8 minutes, 24 seconds:

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