Politics | Sarah Palin Palin Raises Specter of War With Russia Candidate tells Gibson that Russian aggression could pull US into war By Rob Quinn Posted Sep 12, 2008 7:36 AM CDT Copied In this image released by ABC, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson talks to Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin in Fairbanks, Alaska in an interview, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennik) Sarah Palin talked tough on Russia in excerpts from her interview with Charlie Gibson aired last night, CNN reports. The candidate said she firmly backed NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia. Asked if that meant America would have to go to war if Russia invaded Georgia again, she said "Perhaps so. I mean, that is the agreement when you are a NATO ally, is if another country is attacked, you're going to be expected to be called upon and help." Palin called the Russian incursion into Georgia "unprovoked," the Los Angeles Times notes, despite the wide recognition on both sides of the conflict that Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili triggered the Russian invasion by sending troops into breakaway province South Ossetia. Read These Next A game of doorbell ditch turns fatal for 11-year-old. It's an unexpected footnote in the life of Buford Pusser. Iran's leaders ditched their phones. Their bodyguards didn't. Guy accused of snatching hat from boy at US Open IDed as rich CEO. Report an error