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 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 . . .
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