[Mia T]

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[IronMan04]

It Was George H.W. Bush who first ordered US troops to Somalia in late 1992.

[eyespysomething]

"When Clinton heard they were in town, he called them into his office for a meeting and told them that part of the reason they were dead was their own fault," McKenny said. "He said they may have been responsible for their own deaths because they were 'too aggressive' in Mogadishu."

I am having to take deep breaths right now to try and not scream at my desk.

[silverleaf]

I remember a story about the women who called out "You killed those boys" to President Clinton as he walked by....and was later audited by the IRS.

Maybe someone has the details.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Pulling out of Somalia set the precedence for the terrorists. Give America a bloody nose and we leave.

[Crackingham]

Can we get over Clinton already?

[MosesKnows]

"he stuck his hand out to shake the hands of the parents, but Randy Shughart's father refused to take Clinton's hand."

Then, McKenny said, "he looked Clinton in the face, told him he was responsible for his son's death, that it was for no purpose and that he wasn't fit to be president or commander in chief."

These very words were published in a U.K. newspaper at the time it occurred with no mention of the event in any American media.

[TruthFactor]

Thank God for the internet and FreeRepublic. Otherwise the "whole" story would be forgotten and left to the MSM to spin.

[stockpirate]

Well I am sure that even though GW wasn't in the WH all of this had to be his fault.

God Bless our brave troops! And God bless their loved ones.

[Incorrigible]

Thanks Mia!!!!!

[djmv]

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[Peach]

I am rushing a bit and didn't read the entire thing, Mia, but didn't Osama bin Laden himself say that Americans were paper tigers and didn't have the stomach for body bags after the Black Hawk down incident?

And now the left wants to prove OBL right.

[smoothsailing]

Thanks Mia,you always cut through the "wall" of the left like a blowtorch!!! ;)

[TBP]

Astroturf in the station wagon bump.

[Wolverine]

 

CLINTON: "I Didn't Kill the Kid" (a must read regarding Somalia)

"What's he jumping on me for? I didn't kill the kid!"

The London Sunday Times, May 29, 1994:

It was the moment President Bill Clinton wanted to restore his
tattered reputation with the military before his departure for the
D-Day celebrations in Europe this week, James Adams reports.

He had just presented posthumous Congressional Medals of Honour,
America's highest military decoration, to the widows of two
soldiers for valour in Somalia. After inviting the families for a
moment of quiet reflection in the Oval Office, the president
approached Herbert Shughart, the father of one of the two
soldiers, and offered his hand.

Eventually, after Clinton had sat on the paper work for eight
weeks, two of the slain soldiers, Master Sergeant Gary Gordon and
Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart, were posthumously awarded
the Medal of Honor. As usual in such cases, the medals were
presented to the next of kin.

Following the May 23 presentation at the White House, the families
of the two men were invited into the Oval Office for a private
visit with Clinton. Inside the office, the father of Sergeant
Shughart refused to shake Clinton's hand, then looked him in the
face and calmly told him that he was responsible for his son's
death, that it was for no purpose, that he was not fit to be
President, and not fit to be Commander in Chief.

Clinton was visibly shocked, amazed, and momentarily speechless.
It is revealing that he was surprised that the man should feel
that way. Clinton really doesn't think the way most people do,
seeming to lack a sense of personal responsibility. After a brief,
awkward silence, Clinton caught his breath. Becoming angry, he
turned to the mother of the dead soldier and said, "What's he
jumping on me for? I didn't kill the kid!" (Emphasis added).

[ncountylee]

"He said they may have been responsible for their own deaths because they were 'too aggressive' in Mogadishu."

Unbelievable! And a coward above all.

[Trailerpark Badass]

You left out the part where the father of one of the slain soldiers (Sgt. Casy Joyce?) asks Clinton why, at the same time the soldiers were hunting Aidid, Clinton was working to get Jimmy Carter into peace talks with him. Clinton, stunned, turned to Tony Lake, and said, "You know, that’s exactly what I asked Tony Lake myself."

[nutmeg]

bookmark bump

[Tennessee_Bob]

Also not in the movie was an after-action incident between Clinton and the parents of two Rangers -- MSgt. Gary Gordon, 33, and SFC Randy Shughart

Gordon and Shugart were Delta Force, not Rangers.

[longfellow]

Patton would have slapped klinton's face.