Just saw this, Hillary's big Iraq speech:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/hillarys_speech_on_iraq_mccain.php
A couple of things struck me:
Quote:Good morning. I want to thank Secretary West for his years of service, not only as Secretary of the Army, but also to the Veteran's Administration, to our men and women in uniform, to our country. I certainly do remember that trip to Bosnia, and as Togo said, there was a saying around the White House that if a place was too small, too poor, or too dangerous, the president couldn't go, so send the First Lady. That's where we went.
I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.
Sinbad, the comedian, was with her (along with Chelsea Clinton and Sheryl Crow) and gives a very different account of their USO tour (and it was just a USO tour, not some sort of negotiations or something):
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/03/sinbad_unloads_on_hillary_clin.html
And in re-reading that, I see that Clinton's earlier account merely says, "They said there might be sniper fire." He disagreed with that:
Quote:Threat of bullets? Sinbad doesn't remember that, either.
"I never felt that I was in a dangerous position. I never felt being in a sense of peril, or 'Oh, God, I hope I'm going to be OK when I get out of this helicopter or when I get out of his tank.'"
But now it's morphed into actual sniper fire, not just the threat of it?
Then:
Quote:The mistakes in Iraq are not the responsibility of our men and women in uniform but of their Commander-in-Chief. From the decision to rush to war without allowing the weapons inspectors to finish their work or waiting for diplomacy to run its course.
Who could have voted to stop that, and didn't?
