Biden Misleads That Al Qaeda Forced His Helicopter Down in Afghanistan

publiusforum.com ^ | 09/24/08 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

Back on September 10 in a visit to Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden seemed to hint that al Qaeda forced down a helicopter he was traveling in when he was visiting Afghanistan in February of 2008. He made the claim again on September 22 in a campaign stop at the National Guard Association. The truth, however, is not exactly what Biden may be trying to allege. Thus far, only ABC's Jake Tapper is exposing the ruse for what it is, a misleading tale pumped up to make his Afghanistan visit seem more menacing than it really was.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that on September 10 Biden told a Chicago audience a harrowing tale about his helicopter ride.

"The superhighway of terror between Pakistan and Afghanistan where my helicopter was forced down...John McCain wants to know where Bin Ladin and the gates of Hell are? I can tell him where. That's where Al Quaida is. That's where Bin Ladin is. It's not in the country of Iraq."

Wow. Forced down was it? Biden says this as if it were some attack that forced his helicopter down, doesn't he? However, immediately after that September 10 campaign stop, it came out pretty quickly that Biden's helicopter was not forced down by enemy weapons fire. No, it was a snow storm in the mountains that "forced" the aircraft down and then only because the pilot thought the better decision would be to err on the side of safety. He had generals and Senators in his craft, after all. You can imagine how nervous the pilot was in that case....

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[Mobile Vulgus]

Joe Biden is a stupid, stupid man.

[Bob Buchholz]

He must fly with Hillary.

[mgc1122]

The snowstorm was clearly a Taliban ploy ...

ROTFL.

[rivercat]

Apparently, to Joe, Mother Nature is a terrorist.

[AU72]

If I was a conspiracy buff I would say the Biden is wrecking the Obama campaign on behalf of the Clintons.

[denydenydeny]

He's a deeply insecure person, hence the need to constantly embellish his stories.

It's not enough that he went to Afghanistan, his helicopter had to bave been "forced down," which IMO is no different from Hillary's "sniper fire" story.

It's not enough that his wife had to die in an auto accident. He has to embellish the story and imply that the other driver was drunk.

A very creepy, disturbed person.

[ninergold3]

Just what I was going to say -

He took a page out of Hillary's book of foreign travel.

[Portcall24]

No, just her love child, Global Warming.

[denydenydeny]

He's a deeply insecure person, hence the need to constantly embellish his stories.

It's not enough that he went to Afghanistan, his helicopter had to bave been "forced down," which IMO is no different from Hillary's "sniper fire" story.

It's not enough that his wife had to die in an auto accident. He has to embellish the story and imply that the other driver was drunk.

A very creepy, disturbed person.

[A. Morgan]

Biden doesn’t know the difference between a snowstorm and the Taliban. WHAT A DOOFUS!

[webschooner]

The world-class plagarist tells yet another whopper.

[Allegra]

These politicians come here to war zones and try to make it look like they're in so much danger for doing so. Probably to make them look noble.

It's kind of sick to the rest of us who have come under sniper fire, mortar and rocket attacks, etc. to hear some self-aggrandizing windbags try to make themselves the center of such events by lying or embellishing their stories of their very brief and heavily secured visits.

[onedoug]

“Stolen Valor”

[Steel Wolf]

More Bosnian sniper fire?

Joe's helicopter was probably 'forced down' into waving crowd full of Afghans, with a little girl bringing him flowers.

[hershey]

He needs another drink.

[Tallguy]

I see Jake Tapper is still cashing those paychecks from the Hillary! campaign. I’m really enjoying how he’s taking-on the Obama-Biden campaign.

[kellynla]

The gift that keeps on giving.

These Lefties didn’t have the balls to enlist when they had the chance;
so they’re Left to inventing war stories.LMAO

[Steel Wolf]

It's not enough that he went to Afghanistan, his helicopter had to bave been "forced down," which IMO is no different from Hillary's "sniper fire" story.

And the memory was seared, seared into his memory.

[wny]

anyone else notice? democrats “mislead” republicans “lie”

[mrs tiggywinkle]

His lies are part of who he is as a human being. Shallow, superficial, untrustworthy, void of character.