Sarah Palin has intervened in the crisis in Korea, calling into the Glenn Beck radio show to give her view. She may be the leader of the free world at some point. There is global interest in her pronouncements. So what’s her foreign policy prescription this time?

“Obviously, we’ve got to stand with our North Korean allies.” It was pointed out to her that the U.S. is on the side of the South Koreans and she must have meant “South” not “North”. She said: “Er, yes.”

How might one best explain her latest statement? Several possibilities spring to mind:

a) Palin was concerned that she had been lagging in the gaffe-of-the-year stakes, and threw in this as a late entry to deprive Christine O’Donnell or the UK’s Gordon Brown of the prize.

b) It can be tough to tell the difference between north and south? East, west; left, right. We all get mixed up sometimes.

c) It can be tough to tell the difference between a communist tyranny and a freedom loving democracy? Er… no.

d) It’s a conservative media plot?

I would be interested to hear any other interpretations from readers.