Posted on 01/19/2007 12:11:59 PM PST by LibWhacker
CLINTON: We ... got up really early the next morning, got on a C-130, flew out of Kuwait to Baghdad. Unfortunately the weather was bad and so we were told we might have to divert and.
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Our response was, let's try get into Baghdad because obviously we didn't want to lose any time on the ground. Well, so we circled over Baghdad for about 90 minutes and we had a great crew. When you fly into a war zone like Baghdad, and I've done it numerous times now, there and elsewhere, you know, the C-130 does a kind of corkscrew landing and my colleague Senator Bayh, from Indiana, said to the crew, he said, you know, "If you see an openings — beers for everybody if you can get in."
And they had tremendous skill. We got through a sliver of, you know, space we could see to the ground, got on the ground. ... So, we drove the highway from the airport there, and you know, some people call it the "highway of death" because of all of the bombs, the improvised explosive devices, now these new, shape chargers that are being manufactured and killing our guys and exploding even the armored Humvees...
VAN SUSTEREN: Hair-raising, that flight — I mean that corkscrew — I mean, I always hear descriptions of that corkscrew landing, but if you're also circling and they — I understand the tower said they didn't want to you land.
CLINTON: They didn't want us to land, yeah. They didn't know that we had terrific pilots who were going to get us in and get those doing the Senator Bayh had promised them, so we made it down, and boy I give, you know, great credit to our crew.
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Geez.
I wonder if Van Susteren had to agree to any conditions to get the interview? If she had to cough up the questions ahead of time? If any subjects were off the table?
"They didn't want us to land"
I saw it last night and laughed so hard. My first thought was someone on the ground was probably having some fun.
;-)
An hour and a half delay at the airport?
Was Maqtada getting a haircut on the tarmack?
Lets hear it for the smartest woman in the world....sarcasm heavy!
She thinks she's either Queen/King of the United States of America and her subjects weren't doing their job. The foul words must have been spewing out of her evil lips. Rumor around the White House is that her profanities flew all the time and that she was a shrill, evil prima dona.
Who invited Her Thighness anyway?
I don't watch Greta is she a Hillary sycophant?
She's so brave, just like war hero Kerry!
What excitement! Thanks for sharing your war story with us Hillary!
Wow...miracle...I only counted 4 you knows.
Yes.
You can tell how important she was ... they made her drive the dreaded IED airport road!!! No chopper for her ... no sireee!!! But ... But damn she made it! Could it be things are going better? That dreaded airport road is safer? Wonder why?
C-130...one of America's largest transport planes.
And they still probably had to grease her thighs to get her on board.
LOL!! Sounds like she's been tutored by Jon Carie.
How freekin' old is she, 12? You know, how many times, you know, does she, you know, say, you know?
Pilot: I'm sorry, Senator Clinton, but the tower has refused us permission to land in this weather.Hitlery: I don't give a d*mn what the "tower" told you. Do you know who I am? You will set this plane down, and you will do it right now, do you understand me?
Pilot: Well, Ma'am, I can't land without ground clea...
Hitlery: Careful, mister, you are about to make a career altering decision.
Pilot: Baghdad Tower, this is VIP One Heavy, we are making final approach...
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