Photo of U.S. Soldier in Iraq Shaking Hands With Senator Hillary Clinton--But Not Willingly-Truth!

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Picture of U.S. Soldier in Iraq Shaking Hands With Senator Hillary Clinton--But Not Willingly-Truth!

Summary of the eRumor The eRumor includes a picture of a U.S. soldier shaking hands with Senator Hillary Clinton. He is also crossing the fingers of his left hand, which the email says is a soldier's sign for coercion.

 

 

 

The Truth This eRumor started circulating shortly after Senator Clinton made a Thanksgiving visit to the soldiers in Iraq in 2003. There was a lot of speculation about what the picture really meant. Was the soldier really indicating that he didn't like shaking hands with Hillary? Was the picture doctored to make it look that way? Was he sending some other kind of message with his crossed fingers? The answer is that he did intentionally cross his fingers during the handshake and it did mean that he was not thrilled to shake Senator Clinton's hand. After his discharge from the Army, the soldier posted a personal profile on Yahoo Personals as part of looking for introductions to single females. In his profile, he includes the picture with Hillary and explains "The picture of me and Hillary Clinton was taken when she came to visit Iraq. I was actually ordered to shake her hand, and I never figured that my friends would circulate it all over the net. I AM NOT a Hillary fan by any stretch." Updated 5/2/05

A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:

Hillary Clinton (D-NY) has already started her 2008 presidential campaign by aligning herself with the military and pretending to be tough on terror.  Fortunately, the ultra-liberal Hillary has yet to brainwash all of the voting public into believers that her symbolism is really substance.  Guess some folks will never forget that she was co-president for eight years in an administration that I QUOTE: "Loath the military"!
Absolutely the best picture EVER!   (read the message below the photo)

 The picture shows that this soldier has been thru Survival School and learned his lessons well. He's giving the sign of "coercion" with his left hand. These hand signs are taught in survival school to be used by POW's as a method of posing messages back to our intelligence services who may view the photo or video. This guy was obviously being coerced into shaking hands with Hillary Clinton. It's ironic how little she knew that he would so inform us about the photo---perhaps because she's never understood our military to begin with.

 

 

 

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

"Order him to shake my hand you FJB!"

It took me about 15 seconds to figure out what you meant, and when I remembered the rererence I laughed out loud so hard that I scared my dog.

[doug from upland]

Truth or Fiction and Snopes have both called it real.

[SFC Chromey]

LOL, probably not anymore!

[indcons]

Great post. This posting goes on my links page ASAP.

[righttackle44]

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**>splat!<**

Got 'er!.

[RikaStrom]

Sweet! I had wondered about him and that photo.

Nice find.

[ken21]

usa2day has a front page photo of hillary and the military.

they're giving her free advertising already, and it's only 2005.

[b4its2late]

Flipping him off is even better.

[RikaStrom]

He's in Clear Lake?

We need to get him into the HAT chapter immediately!!

She innocently looks around. What? I'm not up to anything. Honest!

[danamco]

Could be a good campaign picture if she is running!!!

[doug from upland]

If anyone can help find him, I would love him to sign posters and sell them to raise money for military charities.

[danamco]

This has been posted a few times and is funnier each time I see it.


I have had this posted up on my guest bathroom door since it was first shown here, for all my liberal family member to see it it when they need the bathroom. So far NO-ONE of them has made any comment! LOL!!

[faithincowboys]

Wow, that soldier is H-O-T !!! And his politics are cool too.

[CheneyChick]

I remember everyone in Afghanistan was all P.O.'d about her visit because all the care pkgs were delayed and no one got their stuff on time for Christmas... Her visit screwed up the mail.

[danamco]

Here's another. (Female in the back)


No laughter or smiles in either photos, compared when W. served the turkey on a platter in Baghdad!!!

[eleni121]

We should send our soldier hero some disinfectant.

[doug from upland]

I have been searching and searching and finally found two sources to confirm it.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Knowing the reputation of Hiltery is this soldier ok today?

[little jeremiah]

I remember that picture. Somehow I knew it was real. Good to see the confirmation.

Tough duty for the soldier.

[Capn TrVth]

There are several pics like these... Someone ought to start a collection!