Posted on 08/01/2002 3:04:51 PM PDT by Trueblackman
Immediate Media Release July 30, 2002
AARLC Headquarters Ronald Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 700 Washington, District of Columbia 20005 Contact Person: Kevin L. Martin Govt. & Political Affairs Director 202-675-8338
AARLC expresses complete outrage at the attempt by former President Bill Clinton to pass blame on the failure of his Somalia Mission
The African American Republican Leadership Council expresses complete outrage at the attempt by former President Clinton to pass blame on the failure of his Somalia Mission.
As an organization with national defense and support of our armed services being core issues, the African American Republican Leadership Council cannot allow this disgraced former president who has never ever worn a military uniform to pass blame onto his predecessor George W. H. Bush for the terribly bad decisions of him and his Secretary of Defense, Les Aspin.
President George W. H. Bush bears absolutely no responsibility for that debacle that saw our service men killed, mutilated and bodies dragged in the streets of Somalia. This is another accolade of Bill Clinton.
The former President and Les Aspin where the ones calling the shots when 18 members of the elite Delta Force were killed needlessly in the streets of Mogadishu because of the lack of heavy armor support and the refusal of the civilian led leadership to come to the rescue of these fine Americans that gave their lives in helping their fellow man.
Our elite Delta Force Units deaths rest squarely on shoulders of Bill Clinton. He will never be able to wash his hands of their blood by passing blame.
Lest we forget, in 1992 then President George W. H. Bush sought to deploy troops to Somalia with the express purpose of feeding the population of that war-torn nation, whom were in need of international aid; and to protect aid workers in the wake of the collapse of the Somalia national government.
Most would recall, the ever so loud mouth hypocritical Congresswoman Maxine Waters, built her name on the fact that she forced then President Bush into sending troops to Somalia. In her ranting and raving, she stated, “If we can send troops to the Middle East to fight for oil, then he can send them to feed people.” The President responded rightfully so for purely nonpartisan humanitarian reasons despite her irresponsible attack.
With the election of the military-service-lacking Bill Clinton, the same Maxine Waters along with other members of the partisan and hypocritical Congressional Black Caucus demanded that President Clinton help set up a new national government in Somalia.
With this new mission, U.S. Ground Commanders in Somalia quickly realized the need for heavy armory, as two bit petty warlords and bandits armed with rocket propelled grenades and pick-up trucks mounted with 50 cal. machine guns, ruled the streets of Somalia’s Capital, Mogadishu, beating up aid workers and stealing food for themselves.
The civilian leadership would not respond for political reasons. The excuse that the then Clinton White House used for not supplying heavy armor units to the members of Delta Force, now tasked with capturing Mogadishu top warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid was, “we did not want to be seen as a occupying force.”
Former President Clinton and Secretary of Defense Les Aspin lacked any clear judgment and this led to Americans watching the humiliating withdrawal of our troops like another former Democrat President at Desert One.
Former President Bill Clinton needs to see a therapist since he has the nerve to try to pin the blood of our servicemen on the hands of his predecessor, when his hands are stained with the blood of 800,000 Rwandans who died in 9 weeks of ethnic cleansing back in the spring of 1994.
The first large scale genocide of Black Africans ever, again from a President that love to trumpet himself as being the first Black President. He is not black as he should be able to tell, or should Monica remind him; but hurling such statements only goes to show how manipulative this void of any moral character he is.
Mr. Clinton, Black Americans are not your lapdogs. We have rejected you and truly see you for who you are. You are a con man that bamboozled black folks like your Black Community-pimp friend Jesse Jackson with no morality either. Now you too are brothers, alright. Sugar snake oil daddies.
Former President Bill Clinton never took a public stand on Rwanda and the wicked failed alleged community leader, Maxine Waters who gained fame for confronting President Bush over Somalia was flat out told by then Democrat Speaker of the House, Tom Foley that U.S. Troops were not going to Rwanda and to shut up about it. Where was her tenacity then? Her “masa” had spoken.
But soon the same Bill Clinton later in 1995, bombed his way into Bosnia to stop what he labeled as the worst ethnic cleansing since World War II, in a purely political move to give him a foreign policy victory after the lost of Congress to Republicans. Remember, Rwanda, slick Willie?
Former President Clinton outside his photo-op usage of Africa nations such as Ghana, did not do a thing to stop the African nation of Congo from importing SCUD-D Missiles from North Korea in exchange for Uranium that maybe used to help North Korea build a crude nuclear device one of these days.
Former President Clinton did not have a problem attacking Sudan and Afghanistan in a purely political move that was to take public attention of his impeachment and then turned right around and bombed his way into Kosovo in 1998 at the behest of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Nation building? This is the same Madeleine Albright who as US Representative to the UN in 1994, voted against any UN Peacekeepers going to Rwanda to stop the 9 weeks of ethnic cleansing that took place. Another wicked woman, like the less than Honorable Maxine Waters.
Here again this hypocritical Congresswoman Maxine Waters did not have much to say when Bill Clinton refused a request by his special envoy on African Affairs, the “promiscuous” Rev. Jesse Jackson to send Western Airpower to Sierra Leone, to stop the rampage of rebels who where advancing on the capital city, in a civil war that produced the worst to date, human carnage on a civilian populace. Certainly, Bill Clinton cannot attempt to pass blame here. But then again, he would blame someone else.
Seems the former President, his nitwit Secretary of State, her assistant Susan Rice, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and members of The Congressional Black Caucus, all have selected memories when it comes to events in Africa.
Lest us not forget when this impeached disgrace attempted to give a speech at the United Nations back in 2000 on the topic of ethnic cleansing that African Delegates from the Lake Victoria Nations got up and walked out in the middle of his hypocritical speech.
I wonder if the impeached disgraced former President, Bill Clinton, remembers that 17 sailors died on his watch in Yemen because of the same failed policy of nation building that killed 18 Delta Force Members in the street of Mogadishu some 7 years earlier.
What president would allow a US flagged Destroyer, the U.S.S. Cole DDG-67 to refuel in a questionable nation and make it general information on the time and day. Seems the former president and those who served him have no idea of operational security.
Once again Bill Clinton has tried to spin himself into the victim, and blame those before him and around him for his failed policies. AARLC stands with our veteran members of all races, and as Americans of African descent, along with our thousands of mosaic members nationally, African American Republican Leadership Council will no longer allow this disgraced former President to use military members and African Nations such as Somalia for political cannon fodder.
Bill Clinton, we will no longer be your floor mats. Go away and don’t come back, no more. May your dealings with Africans and African Americans get you a special place in the bowels of the most appropriate Abyss, maybe a septic tank filled with the carcasses of all whom you have hurt.
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Clinton will always be remembered as a liar, a coward, and a disgrace to the office he held. How any self-respecting person can continue to defend this POS is beyond me.
D'oh! Think I answered myself, there!
This low life scumbag has no conscience since he is devoid of a moral foundation.
Having no morals precludes the possibility of this filthy scalawag being sorrowful or even embarassed about his foul presidency, we cannot not expect he will do any thing but continue to spread his filth over the public face of America.
Thanks for calling this to my attention, WD.
There are so few who pass the test
They are the best of all the best
They are called Rangers, strong and proud
And each one stands above the crowd
For those who survived the training
They were set to do what they were told
They were the warriors who were so well prepared
There's none more fierce and bold
To Mogadishu they would go
There was a Black Hawk down they know
Outnumbered one hundred to one
That's when the terror had begun
By greater forces they're outgunned
Yes, someone had screwed up...they were stunned
They got into a firefight
They fought 12 hours day and night
For those who survived the training
They were set to do what they were told
They were the warriors who were so well prepared
There were none more fierce and bold
All their requests civilians thwart
They needed armor for support
Eighteen had died, no armor came
Clinton's the one who is to blame
(slight musical interlude)
"Surrender's" no Ranger word
(slight musical interlude)
Eighteen brave heroes died 'cause no armor came
And Bill Clinton is to blame
There are so few who pass the test
They were the best of all the best
They gave their lives to do their part
They are remembered in our heart
They are remembered in...our heart
Yes, in our heart
During the 1992 campaign, I saw Clinton as someone really sleazy. I knew how he hated the military and I worried that he would become the commander in chief. How much more we have learned since those earlier days. This event, watching our soldiers' bodies dragged through the streets while the commander in chief did nothing, brought tears to my eyes. I became an absolute Clinton hater. And it kept getting worse. Coverups, obstruction of justice, dead bodies, witnesses threatened, rape, assault, weakening of the military and the sale of our technology to an enemy. But what the heck, it's a good economy so it doesn't matter. Right?
Killed on Oct. 3 and 4, 1993
With posthumous awards.
Sgt. First Class Randy Shughart, a Delta soldier killed defending the crew of Super 64, the Medal of Honor.
Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, a Delta soldier who was killed after jumping in to defend the crew of Super 64, the Medal of Honor.
CWO Cliff Wolcott, pilot of Super 61, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star and the Air Medal with Valor Device.
CWO Donovan Briley, copilot of Super 61, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star and Air Medal with Valor Device.
Staff Sgt. William Cleveland, a crew chief on Super 64 Silver Star, Bronze Star and Air Medal with Valor Device.
Staff Sgt. Thomas Field, a crew chief on Super 64, Silver Star, Bronze Star and Air Medal with Valor Device.
CWO Raymond Frank, copilot of Super 64, Silver Star, Air Medal with Valor Device.
Staff Sgt. Daniel Busch, who crashed on Super 61 and was killed defending the downed crew, the Silver Star.
Sgt. Cornell Houston, who was killed fighting on the rescue convoy, the Bronze Star with Valor Device.
Sgt. Casey Joyce, who was killed on the Lost Convoy, the Bronze Star with Valor Device.
Spec. James Cavaco, who was killed on the Lost Convoy, the Bronze Star with Valor Device.
Cpl. Jamie Smith, who bled to death with the pinned-down force around crash site one, the Bronze Star with Valor Device.
Sgt. Dominick Pilla, who was killed on the convoy rescuing Pfc. Todd Blackburn, the Bronze Star with Valor Device.
Pfc. Richard Kowalewski, who was killed on the Lost Convoy, the Bronze Star with Valor Device.
Sgt. Lorenzo Ruiz, who was killed on the Lost Convoy, the Bronze Star with Valor Device.
Sgt. First Class Earl Fillmore, Delta soldier killed moving to the first crash site.
Pfc. James Martin, who was killed on the rescue convoy.
Master Sgt. Tim "Griz" Martin a Delta soldier killed on the Lost Convoy.
And lets not forget our old friend Osama was there.
His victims deserve better.
PS: Thanks for tearing Slick a new one.
I don't know how we got here, but the "majority" are somehow not allowed to be "politically incorrect". And criticizing either clintoon is most definitely incorrect. I am so grateful when someone who is allowed to do so, does.
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