Palin Appears on ABC with Charles Gibson.

Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Sara Palin was interviewed by Charles Gibson of ABC on Thursday. She answered questions on experience, credentials, religion, national security, Israel, 9/11 and the Bush Doctrine. On experience she said "on January 20, when John McCain and I are sworn in, if we are so privileged to be elected to serve this country, will be ready. I'm ready." On credentials she answered that she has one very important ceredential among others and this is on the subject of "energy independence". She said that she has much experience on this because she has worked on the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which supervises energy development and energy increase for the US. Palin was asked about national security and if she had ever met a head of state and she answered that most vice president candidates have not met a world leader and that the nation needs to remember that this election is about chnge and not a "big fat resume". Palin continued on national security by stating that Ukraine and Georgia should join NATO and that Russia should be ready to be attacked by the US if it invades another nation. Palis was also asked if she said that the Iraq war was "God's will" and she answered that she was misquoted and she corrected Gibson by saying "I believe that there is a plan for this world and that plan for this world is for good. I believe that there is great hope and great potential for every country to be able to live and be protected with inalienable rights that I believe are God-given, Charlie, and I believe that those are the rights to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Palin then answered questions on Israel and Iran by saying "I believe that under the leadership of Ahmadinejad, nuclear weapons in the hands of his government are extremely dangerous to everyone on this globe, yes....We have got to make sure that these weapons of mass destruction, that nuclear weapons are not given to those hands of Ahmadinejad, not that he would use them, but that he would allow terrorists to be able to use them.So we have got to put the pressure on Iran." She also said that Israel has a right to defend its nation against Iran. On the subject of the 9/11 attacks, Palin said that few Muslim actually hate the US and the West. She said that the Bush doctrine is to get rid of terrorists and to liberate those who lose the presence of terrorists. Palin finished by saying that "I believe that America has to exercise all options in order to stop the terrorists who are ... bent on destroying America and our allies. We have got to have all options out there on the table." Information borrowed from http://sharoncobb.blogspot.com/2008/09/transcript-of-sarah-palin-with-charlie.html