This was posted earlier and slipped through the cracks. I am hoping it will get on the rec list and reach the attention of the MSM.
Hillary Clinton's harrowing tale of Sniper fire in Tuzla is significant not only because it underlies how dishonest and prone to resume-padding her campaign is. It also shows a remarkably cold willingness to build herself up using experiences that actually happened to others that are less fortunate.
Below the fold, a letter from Tammi K Hetherington, a Bosnia vet for whom Hillary's lies hit very close to home, and who is deeply offended. Tammi was THERE at the base where Hillary Clinton visited and confirms what we know--that she was beyond exxagerating. This was a lie, and a very callous one.
This letter was sent to the blog Pennsylvania Progressive: http://pennsylvaniaprogressive.typep...
Some Excerpts:
I feel compelled to write to you in regards to Senator Clinton’s remarks regarding her visit to Bosnia.
I was present at the base in question when the First Lady visited and am intimately familiar with the situation on the ground at the time. It strikes me as beyond misstatement or clarity of memory for Senator Clinton to suggest that this visit in any way compares with the reality of those of us serving in theater experienced or presented a threat to her or her daughter.
I was there at Tuzla Air base when the First Lady visited, and there was no sniper fire or anyone running under cover. I saw both the First Lady and her daughter in our headquarters building (we called it the 'White House').
I am quite angry that what I and my fellow soldiers worked to achieve should be used as a playing card to build up a political nominee and tear down another. This is not what those of us who actually risked our lives were working for, we were trying to maintain a Peace Keeping mission in a country that had been ravaged by ethnic cleansing. To trivialize the atrocities suffered by the real people I met in that country for political gain is beyond my ability to comprehend. I met mothers who had lost their children and children who had lost their parents. The sheer leap of credibility that the First Lady would have brought her daughter into an active war zone is an insult to the people there who suffered more than real risk, they suffered real loss.
I was simply a soldier doing my job in Bosnia and I believe in what we accomplished there. I do not either want to make of my service more than it was nor to denigrate those who served with me and those who lived through more than any of us. It seems to me that if I simply stand by while others "spin" their involvement for their own personal or political ambitions that I would be contributing to the slander of my fellows in arms and the people we were working to help in Bosnia, so I offer you my personal experience of the reality of the situation.
To verify my story I have included a copy of an commendation I received for service in the Bosnian theater during that period. It would be my honor to provide you more of my perspective if it would serve to deliver the truth to the American people.
Best Regards,
Tammi K Hetherington (nee Jann)
(formerly)
SPC
141 Signal Battalion, 22nd Signal Brigade, 1st Armored Division, US Army
Task Force Eagle
You should read the whole letter. It is simply devastating. I would really like for the MSM to pick this up. If you think this story is important, please recommend it.