Posted on 03/26/2008 9:26:12 PM PDT by doug from upland
In this series, exclusive to FreeRepublic, we will examine the military resume of Senator Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. She did much more than dodge sniper fire in Bosnia with her daughter because Bill was too afraid to go, and the voters are entitled to know about her exploits before they decide whom they want for commander in chief.
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HILLARY IN MILITARY HISTORY: No. 1 - Her Mission on the Enola Gay (the name of the plane has nothing to do with the rumors about her sexual orientation)
At approximately 2:00 on the morning of August 6th, the Enola Gay, which was carrying an atomic bomb (Little Boy), started on the long flight from Tinian. Two observation planes carrying cameras and scientific instruments followed behind her.
After 6:00, the bomb was fully armed on board the Enola Gay. Tibbets announced to the crew that the the plane was carrying the world's first atomic bomb used in combat.
The trip to Japan was smooth. At about 7:00 o'clock, the Japanese radar net detected aircraft heading toward Japan, and they broadcast the alert throughout the Hiroshima area. Soon afterward an American weather plane circled over the city, but there was no sign of bombers. The people began their daily work and thought that the danger had passed.
At 7:25, the Enola Gay, at 26,000 feet, was cruising over Hiroshima. At 8:00 the Japanese detected again two B-29's heading toward Hiroshima. The radio stations quickly broadcast a warning for the people to take shelter, but many did not follow the advice. They thought that it was the same as first time.
At 8:09, the crew of the Enola Gay could see the city appear below; it was time to drop the bomb. Just then, they received a message indicating that the weather was good over Hiroshima. The bomb was released at 8:16 a.m. A terrible, strong and unimaginable explosion occurred near the central section of the city. The crew of the Enola Gay saw a column of smoke rising fast and intense fires springing up.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington
January 12, 1953
My Dear Professor Cate;
Your letter of December 6, 1952 has just been delivered to me. When the message came to Potsdam that a successful atomic explosion had taken place in New Mexico, there was much excitement and conversation about the effect on the war then in progress with Japan. The next day I told the Prime Minsiter of Great Britain and Generalissimo Stalin that the explosion had been a success. The British Prime Minister understood and appreciated what I'd told him. Premier Stalin smiled and thanked me for reporting the explosion to him, but I'm sure he did not understand its significance. I called a meeting of the Secretary of State, Mr. Byrnes, the Secretary of War, Mr. Stimson, Admiral Leahy, General Marshall, General Eisenhower, Admiral King and some others, to discuss what should be done with this awful weapon.
I asked General Marshall what it would cost in lives to land on the Tokyo plain and other places in Japan. It was his opinion that such an invasion would cost at a minimum one quarter of a million casualties, and might cost as much as a million, on the American side alone, with an equal number of the enemy. The other military and naval men present agreed. I asked Secretary Stimson which sites in Japan were devoted to war production. He promptly named Hiroshima and Nagasaki, among others. We sent an ultimatum to Japan. It was rejected.
I ordered atomic bombs dropped on the two cities named on the way back from Potsdam, when we were in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. In your letter, you raise the fact that the directive to General Spaatz to prepare for delivering the bomb is dated July twenty-fifth. It was, of course, necessary to set the military wheels in motion, as these orders did, but the final decision was in my hands, and was not made until we were returning from Potsdam. Dropping the bombs ended the war, saved lives, and gave the free nations a chance to face the facts. When it looked as if Japan would quit, Russia hurried into the fray less than a week before the surrender, so as to be in at the settlement. No military contribution was made by the Russians toward victory over Japan. Prisoners were surrendered and Manchuria occupied by the Soviets, as was Korea, North of the 38th parallel.
Sincerely,
(The letter was signed by Harry Truman.)
I’m falling out of the chair laughing. Didn’t she discover America, too? Or was that Al Gore.
AMAZING FOOTAGE OF HILLARY’S COURAGE IN BOSNIA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHVEDq6RVXc
great work. doug ranks right up there with outstanding military historians like stephen ambrose, john keegan et al.
All of which makes her uniquely qualified to answer those 3:00AM phone calls with her finger poised on the nuclear trigger (while she fumbles with her other hand for the Aleve and estrogen tablets.)
(Huma in the background calling Warren Christopher for advice.)
No. She was the first to fly the Atlantic solo. That was after she led the charge up San Juan Hill, and stopped Lee at Gettysburg.
Okay, I see we have some requests for more episodes.
Here's something I posted today after seeing the list on CBS's web site:
CBS news today posted all of the lies that Hillary Clinton has told, that they have reported. I added some I could recall that were not on the list.
Some Hillary and BJ (Bill Jefferson Clinton) words (CBS enhanced _ _ _).
The Clintons will say or do anything to remain in power. We saw that with the pardons, the Chinese military money, the crimes in the WH, and on and on. Here's a few highlights:
1. I remember when I was a boy they burned the black churches in our area -BJ Clinton No black churches burned in Arkansas during that period.
2. I did not have sex with that woman. -BJ Clinton
3. I was named after Sir Edmund Hillary.- Hillary Rodham. She was born years before Edmund Hillary became internationally known.
4. Chelsea was at a job interview near the twin towers when the plane hit. -HRC Not even close. Chelsea said she was home watching it on TV.
5. We were under sniper fire. -HRC (This weeks Bosnia lie. When she deplaned there was a group meeting here. Children were present and everyone was standing around and smiling. The Colonel and the pilots said that if there was any threat to the first lady, the plane would have been diverted. Many in the military are insulted by the lie because it implies they didn't do their job. This lie was told four times in the last two months before the CBS reporter who was on the trip called her on it.)
6. I have thirty-five years of experience for the presidency. -HRC
7. When I was a student at Yale, I used to walk around Harlem a lot. --BJ Clinton
8. Insists_she_wrote_It_Takes_A_Village
9. _No_influence_on_Bill_for_Hasidic_pardons.
10. Knew_nothing_of_Travel_Office_firings.
11. White_House_Gifts.
12. Didn't_know_about_FALN_pardons.
13. First_Since_Eleanor_Roosevelt in_War_Zone.
14. Started_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program.
15. Helped_pass_the_FMLA.
16. Turned_down_by_sexist_NASA_in_1961.
17. She_tried_to_join_the_Marines_in_Arkansas.
18. Voted_to_make_English_the_Nat_l_language.
19. Under_Bush_NIH_funding_has_decreased.
20. All_Health_Care_reform_docs_are_available.
21. Republicans_reponsible_for_Estate_Tax.
22. Said_Obama_wanted_to_bomb_Pakistan.
23. Standing_up_to_China_gov_on_women_s_rights.
24. Tax_breaks_for_BigOil_retards_clean_energy.
25. Sleep_deprived_when_I_lied_about_Bosnia.
26. Pretends_She_Never_Praised_NAFTA.
27. NAFTA_and_Canada.
28. Trip_to_Africa_with_Ambassador_Wilson.
29. Planting_Questions at debates and campaign stops.
The guy to Clinton's left in the 1st photo that seems to be trying to cop a feel was later found dead in an empty field...........it was years later that the land the body was found upon would come to be known as Ft. Marcy Park.
I seen to recall her involvement with the MP detachment guarding the US Embassy in Saigon during Tet ‘68.
LOL! Thanks doug.
She was for the dropping of the bomb only because she was fed false intelligence on the war (She was tricked, and this became obvious as soon as the bad pictures and public sentiment changed). She's actually against the dropping of the bomb now, though she voted for it, maybe, not sure, depends on what the opinion polls say that day and what she remembers the truth to be.
I'm enjoying the beginning of the Hitlery Band Camp war chronicles...carbuncles...cankles?
What's next? Hillary at Valley Forge? Gettysburg?
Nice Doug, thanks!
With your “Manhattan Project” tagline, this is a nice touch, doug.
Remember the Ankles!
Her biggest mistake was that she was supposed to fly that last flight with Amelia Earhart but she overslept and missed the flight. Too bad.
Doug that is hysterical.
WoW! What a gal!
I was just reading your list. One that caught my eye was the NASA - 1961 bit. I am unfamiliar with this claim, but I know where I was in 1961.
Hillary and I are the same age, I think, and I was in 7th grade.
(But then maybe the smartest woman in the world got double-promoted a few times.)
Is he alive?
Some of these are from the CBS News website today. I haven’t sourced those.
shoot :(
Not since 1980.
Obama’s people in the islands have revived him using a voodoo ritual for waking the terminally sleepy.
The mocking she is taking is remarkable.
Of course, given their file and footage, the MSM could do a good liar's expose. But that would void forever one of the lefts best excuses, "Old news."
I don't think the left wants to start using the truth of history.
yitbos
Actually she was set to invent the internet the week after Al Gore did. It was a big let down at the time.
As I understand it, this inspired her to get busy and reinvent her inner-self instead. It’s a project she’s still reinventing and perfecting.
Very good Doug. Hillary is obviously in line for the Al Gore medal of excellence.
Coming soon:
HILLARY IN MILITARY HISTORY: No. 37 - Hillary Destroys the “Death Star”
LOOLLLLLLLLLLLL That was awesome
Its been nothing short of stunning how the MSM is really pouring it on her now. The same MSM that was in love with the Clintons up until only a few months ago. They are in love with Obama now and have officially thrown the Clintons under the bus.
Its like watching some greek tragedy as the lead is poisoned and then stabbed by all those around him who he believed were his supporters.
Hello, my name is Tommy Flanagan, and I'm a member of Pathological Liars Anonymous. In fact.. I'm the president of the organization!
I didn't always lie. No, when I was a kid, I told the truth. But then one day, I got caught stealing money out of my mother's purse. I lied. I told her it was homework - that my teacher told me to do it. And she got fired! Yeah, that's what happened!
After that, lying was easy for me. I lied about my age and joined the army. I was thirteen at the time. Yeah.. I went to Vietnam, and I was injured catching a mortar shell in my teeth. And they made me a three-star general! And then I got a job in journalism, writing for the National Enquire.. er, Geographic! Yeah.. I was making twenty thousand a ye.. month! In fact, I won the Pulitzer Prize that year! Yeah, that's the ticket.
And then my cousin died - Joe Louis - and I took it hard. Maybe too hard - I tried to kill myself. Yeahh.. I did kill myself! Sure! I was medically dead for a week and a half! It was a woman that brought me out of it - Indira Gandhi! Yeah, right.. And she told me about Pathological Liars Anonymous.
Oh, you'd be surprised how many famous people belong. In fact.. at one of the meetings I met my wife - Morgan Fairchild! Yes, I'm a change man now, and all because of Pathological Liars Anonymous. Why, I - I even have my picture on the cover of Newsweek magazine. Yeah. Every day! Yeah.. that's the ticket! Yeah, you betcha!
LOVE IT! LOL.
I didn’t realize they had ho services on the Enola Gay.
However . . .
” Senator Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton.”
is just inadequate . . .
The more accurate appelation is, as you know . . .
her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous—bw*tch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de Marx de Machiavelli de Stalin de Lenin de Mao de Pol Pot de Che de Castro de Chavez de Arafart de Mugabee de Burr de Rosenberg . . . de Sade.
Just a friendly reminder for the uninitiated . . .
Did I tell you how I organized and piloted a relief mission to bring penicilin, amoxycilin, and 1,000,000 MREs for the starving Children™ of Bosnia? I remember like it was yesterday. The tiny island nation of Bosnia was alone in its war against fascism. America had yet to enter the war, but the Children™ cried for help and something had to be done. Did I mention the Children™? So I also brought 10,000,000 condoms on a tip from Donna Shalala.
When we entered Bosnian airspace the sky was filled with the Serbian Luftwaffe intent on shooting down our humanitarian expedition. Sinbad manned the rear gun turret and Sheryl Crow... mmm... womanned the belly turret. The flak was very heavy in that dark, cold and rainy night. We could see the bright flashes and black oily smoke of the bursting shells. We had never flown a night mission before. It was hell!
Sheryl begged that we abort the mission but this was one abortion I could not support. "We must press on!" I screamed into the intercom.
"What about lunch?" demanded Sinbad.
"Ask the nice Secret Service man, he has a bologna sandwich in his briefcase labeled The Football," I barked back at Sinbad.
Is it the Secret Service that carries The Football? Maybe it was that nice Coast Guard fellow.... I'm a little foggy on that detail.... Never mind, it's irrelevant.
Anyhow, I corkscrewed the C-47 down from eight miles high to evade the sniper ground fire. If anybody who has ever been on a snipe hunt, you know how difficult that can be. I made a perfect four-point landing. The crew called me "Slick." I thought it was nice to be compared to that singer from The Jefferson Airplane.
We taxied to the terminal and were met by heavy artillery, RPG, small arms, large arms, some legs and feet, and a nice little girl with flowers.
The flowers were just beautiful.
I cried.
It was my finest hour.
doug, you’re the great one! LOL
Funny video.
No. Gore discovered America.
Hillary discovered the internet.
Well, she wants to be right up there with the guys so there she is.
My question is if sleep deprivation caused her to lie so out and out blatantly would she even be able to WAKE UP to answer that call that comes in at 3am? She’s a joke and a half.
Not only this but Hillary is much too modest to talk about leading a group of soldiers to Iran to save potential hostages back when she worked for Ross Perot.
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