I mean she kind of said what Tina Fey parodied her saying, which was:
“When you’re talking about what’s going on at the border—the non-existent border,” Palin said, “that reminds me how important it is, that all Alaskans realize it. Now Alaska is strategically located on the globe—as you know—you don’t laugh about the fact that you can see Russia from Alaska, and Canada is right there on our other side.”
You can see one Russian island sometimes from one island in Alaska.