Clinton Hatched Wacky 'Black Ninja' Plot to Get al-Qaeda (Legacy)

NewsMax ^ | 11/13/02 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Two former Clintonoids are complaining that the Pentagon and FBI blocked Bill Clinton's half-hearted schemes to go after Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. But the aides' own example of Democrat-style counterterrorism clarifies why there was resistance.

Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, "Clinton-era National Security Council experts on terrorism," say that after Clinton's missile attacks on al-Qaeda in Afghanistan "achieved little" in August 1998, he dreamed up this little stunt, the Associated Press reported today:

The prez approached Gen. Hugh Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and said, "It would scare the [expletive] out of al-Qaeda if suddenly a bunch of black ninjas rappelled out of helicopters in to the middle of their camp. It would get us an enormous deterrence and show those guys we're not afraid."

The Pentagon, however, predicted a disaster worthy of Jimmy Carter, who sent helicopters to Iran in hopes of rescuing 52 American hostages. "The result was the incineration of two helicopters and the deaths of eight servicemen," AP noted.

Thus, "Clinton's 'black ninja' plan never got off the ground."

The reader who alerted NewsMax to this item concluded, "I couldn't stop laughing."

[mfreddy]

Bill Clinton is proof that demorats would vote for a houseplant if it had a -D after its name. Where did he get this idea, having a litttle "herb" and watching old movies with Roger?

[InvisibleChurch]

democrat leadership conference

[Paul Atreides]

Have we fast-forwarded to Christmas? Suddenly, the Clinton Party has been giving us all of these wonderful gifts. I can't wait to hear what is next.

[Cicero]

Clinton seems to have hand-picked General Hugh Shelton, and then re-appointed him when his term was out. Presumably General Shelton was incapable of coming up with an alternative plan that might have worked. Clinton surrounded himself with criminals, clowns, and incompetents at the highest levels of government.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Monica's? Aka Billy's Angels?

[Diddle E. Squat]

[rs79bm]

oMG, ROTFLMAO!!!!!!

What a wacko!

I have a better idea, how 'bout we drop a bomb on there a$$es. Wouldn't that work????

[another cricket]

The prez approached Gen. Hugh Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and said, "It would scare the [expletive] out of al-Qaeda if suddenly a bunch of black ninjas rappelled out of helicopters in to the middle of their camp. It would get us an enormous deterrence and show those guys we're not afraid."

Rappel out of helicopters in to the middle of their camp and do what? Kill them all? Make funny faces at them? Shout "Boo"?

This has to be one of the dumbest ideas I have ever heard.

a.cricket

[Texas Eagle]

Ninjas. What an idiot. I woulda sent in The Power Rangers !

[rs79bm]

There is a clear explanation for this:

easily taken advantage of.

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Maybe another legacy stimulus with reference to the people Carter sent into Iran.

[mombonn]

Rush talked about this today. I laughed right out loud while driving back from lunch.

[mhking]

[Paul Atreides]

It would have been scarier if they jumped out wearing Ol' Crusties.

[avg_freeper]

HEH, HEH
Those darn ninjas.

They're Wacky

---The Tick

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CONGEAL...

---Ninja

[xm177e2]

Why are American soldiers so stupid, and such cowards? They prefer to sneak around on the ground, wear camoflauge, and shoot at enemy soldiers from as long a range as possible. Why don't they take off their camo and put on some G.I. Gis? Why don't they get into a ninjacopter, and jump out in the middle of the enemy camp, and ninja-strike them to death?

If our military isn't capable of this, why not? I demand answers! If our military cannot fight like ninjas, how will they be able to stop the Taliban's ninja warriors? We spend literally trillions of dollars every year on the military, and we have yet to achieve ninja capability, or ninja tech.

We might have The Bomb, but Osama has The Ninja.

[Aquinasfan]

LOL! What a moron.

[Argus]

Too damn bad we didn't drop Clinton into an al Qaeda camp dressed in a pair of Hef's old black silk lounging pajamas. Bin Laden's boys woulda died laughing.

[shadowman99]