Posted on 11/13/2002 6:10:45 PM PST by 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."
HAHAHHAHAHA ... How did I miss this one
Didn't somebody inform this dork that AQ and other radical Muslim groups tend to dress in all black and be masked when in field combat?
I forgot about this absurd story until it came back up again. I'm still snickering about this. The fact this clown was elected president is a stain on the American character and judgment.
Well being National Security Council experts on terrorism .. one would think they would figure it out
Maybe it would have been better had these American Ninjas dressed in oversized oval green armor over polyurethane turtle suits and communicated via names of famous artists.
Could have prevented a disasterous confusion.
Either that, or Bill could have gotten on the phone to Robin at Teen Titans headquarters. Or called the Powerpuff Girls...Samurai Jack...He-Man...Dave the Barbarian.
LOL
He could have just pardoned them like he did the PR thugs. No harm, no foul.
Ninja Turtles, Dude!
I'm sure the ATF black ninjas could have pulled this off.
They would have set al qaeda on fire? Er, they would have watched as al qaeda set *themselves* on fire?
It'd be a little hard bringing along television crews, setting them in place, shooting the AQ dogs before they got around to taking care of business.
I was suddenly thinking of the New Gods, Mr. Miracle and The Forever People coming to Bill's rescue.
This was actually a movie that Bill was watching one night after smoking a joint. He was inhaling an awful lot...and suddenly thought he was in the middle of the fight...and going up against Bruce Lee and Hulk Hogan. Bill slugged them both down, and suddenly woke...and called the White House staff for some pizza and Monica. She came over and delivered the pizza to him wearing the blue dress. Later...the next day....in the midst of the national security briefing...Bill had a flashback of the evening affair and spouted off about Ninja dudes. Al Bore, sitting there with the joint chiefs...realized that he hadn't thought of that idea...and starting whimpering in the corner. It wasn't a pretty sight.
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