This really is painful. If she had real foreign policy experience, if she was really up to the job, if she was ready, on Day One, to be president if necessary, the answer to the question was obvious:

GIBSON: And under the NATO treaty, wouldn’t we then have to go to war if Russia went into Georgia?

PALIN: No. Of course not. Seems to me that would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Russia.