Sarah Palin’s Foreign Policy Experience Comes From Her Energy Experience

James Pethokoukis makes a good point when it comes to worries about Sarah Palin’s foreign policy experience:

Sarah Palin doesn’t tick off all the boxes—notably foreign policy experience. But she ticks off quite a few. She is pro-life. She will appeal to economic conservatives. (Here is what Club for Growth President Pat Toomey says: “At a time when many Republicans are still clinging to pork-barrel politics, Governor Palin has quickly become a leader on this issue. She is a principled reformer who understands how badly wasteful spending has marred the Republican brand.”) And as far as national security goes, energy is at the center of that issue—a Palin strength.

Let’s also remember that Palin’s foreign policy experience isn’t really as important as Obama’s. Yes, it’d be nice if she had more, but Sarah Palin isn’t at the top of her ticket. John McCain is.
Palin isn’t campaigning to be the President, she’s campaigning to be the Vice President. Unlike Barack Obama, John McCain didn’t have to go looking for some almost-forty-year-Washington-insider to pick as VP she he could shore up his foreign policy credentials.