Sarah Palin Dings Obama on Nazis, Christians and Blaming the Victim
The former Alaska governor said she was invited to talk about veterans, but her speech turned quickly to blaming President Barack Obama for the rise of the Islamic State.
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Sarah Palin rallied conservative Republicans on Thursday with a charged critique of President Barack Obama's approach to fighting Islamic radicalism, suggesting he is betraying U.S. Christians and ignoring the lessons of the Nazis.
"Did we actually win in Iraq and Afghanistan before we waved that white flag? The jury is still out,” the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and former Alaska governor said in prepared remarks Thursday evening at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. "But when evil Islamic terrorists are on the march screaming 'Allahu Akbar' from Syria to Iraq to Libya and Yemen and the streets of Paris, well it doesn't look like victory."