It was in last March, too, that our next secretary of state was caught BSing that 12 years before, while traveling through Bosnia as first lady, she had to dodge "sniper fire." This was a tall tale that she had been uttering repeatedly in her campaign to present herself as more experienced than Obama. According to it, the snipers attacked at a planned "greeting ceremony" in Tuzla, which had to be canceled, as the sniper fire rained down and, said Hillary, "We just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." Actually, the ceremony was held at the base. It was not canceled, and, with scores of journalists and dignitaries standing by, it was videotaped. CBS played the videotape. Once again, a brazen and artless lie by Hillary was her undoing. Said one member of the military, obviously peeved by Hillary's deprecation of the military's security measures, "Getting shot at by snipers is not something you forget -- or make light of."
Well, Hillary trivializes a lot of serious things and is caught BSing often. In fact, except for her husband, I cannot think of another public figure of her stature caught so often in her own lies. About the same time in the primary season as the Tuzla tale, she also was caught lying that she "negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo." She was caught in fibs about advice she offered her husband during the Rwanda genocide, as well.
Now, all of the above were lies deployed by Hillary to convince the electorate that she is vastly experienced in foreign policy. Apparently, she failed to convince voters, but she seems to have convinced her erstwhile adversary, the president-elect. He should have taken note of her discrepancies and one other thing. By now, he should be aware that both Clintons cause trouble for themselves and for others nearby when there is no apparent reason for the trouble other than the Clintons' bad character. Frankly, Mr. Obama, it is not wise to be too close to these two. You are going to be sitting with Mrs. Clinton in Cabinet meetings. Watch out for sniper fire.