Palin defends Karzai, echoes Cheney

Sarah Palin, whose complaints about nuclear policy President Obama brushed off yesterday, delivered an extended attack on Obama's foreign policy that closely followed Liz Cheney's criticism at the same Southern Republican Leadership Conference yesterday.

"In foreign policy now we’ve got the makings of the Obama doctrine, which is coddling enemies and alienating allies," Palin said.

Palin attacked Obama across the waterfront of foreign policy issues, saying that he'd been soft on Chavez and China while they were able to only "barely muster" support for Iranian protesters.

"Now President Obama, with all the vast nuclear experience that he acquired as a community organizer and as a full-time candidate — still no accomplishment to date with North Korea and Iran," she said.

And echoing Cheney's new line, Palin linked the spats with the Israeli leadership and with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

"They treated the Afghan president poorly and then they feigned surprise when he reacted in kind," she said.