Obama vs Palin: No nuclear expert

Sarah Palin voices outrage over President Barack Obama’s new Nuclear Posture Review, which bars retaliation with nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state that abides by the Nonproliferation Treaty but makes some other sort of attack against the U.S.

“No administration in America’s history would... ever have considered such a step,’’ Palin said in an appearance on FOX News this week. “That’s kind of like getting out there on the playground with a bunch of kids ready to fight, and one of the kids saying, ‘Go ahead and punch me in the face,’ and I’m not going to retaliate. Go ahead and do what you want to me.’’

Obama, returning from Prague today with a new treaty in hand that curtails the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals by nearly one third over the coming decade, faces criticism for that treaty, too, in some quarters.

Obama was asked about Palin’s “punch me in the face’’ anaology in an interview with ABC News that started airing last night and continues this morning on Good Morning America. Obama said: “The last I checked Sarah Palin’s not much of an expert on nuclear issues.”