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At their closest points, Alaska and Russia are 2.4 miles apart, and the International Date Line (opposite of the Prime Meridian) lies in between. That's the distance between Little Diomede Island, Alaska, and Big Diomede Island, Russia. Little Diomede has a population of less than 200, and it doesn't seem anybody lives on Big Diomede anymore.
Whether or not Sarah Palin has ever been to Big Diomede Island--or even its American neighbor--is beside the point. She has implied that for her, Russia is a neighboring place, that she sees it not far away, that this gives her foreign policy credibility. Really?
Let's kep in mind that the horizon is about 3 miles away. Governor Palin works in Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Juneau is over 1,200 miles from Russia.
But the distance from Juneau to Russia is really beside the point. The only question here that really matters in terms of foreign policy cred is: how far is the Governor's Mansion from the Kremlin? Prepare yourself. Juneau, home of the Governor of Alaska is a little over 4,500 miles from Moscow.
Oh, and so is Wilmington, home of the Senior Senator from Delaware.
Images courtesy of Google Maps and Google Earth. Click any of the thumbnails for full-size pictures.
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