In a speech yesterday before lawmakers in Sarajevo, garrulous Vice President Joe Biden made yet another eyebrow-raising assertion: That he came under fire in Bosnia when visiting the country in 1993.
But New York Times reporter Nicholas Kulish didn't question Biden's claim (reminiscent of Hillary Clinton's debunked claim to coming under fire in Bosnia) in his Wednesday story on the vice president's visit to Sarajevo, "Biden Warns Bosnians About 'Old Patterns.'"
Mr. Biden has also been engaged on the Balkan issue since the early 1990s, when he was an outspoken advocate of the Bosnian cause. During his speech, Mr. Biden recalled his trip to the country in 1993, and how, flying in at the time, his plane was fired upon, and bombed-out homes with snipers inside could be seen.
Speaking of "old patterns" -- Biden sure got fired on a lot as a Democratic senator, didn't he? During the presidential campaign he claimed his helicopter was "forced down" in Afghanistan. (Turns out it was "forced down" by a snowstorm.)
In September 2008, Jim Geraghty at National Review Online summarized all the places Biden claimed to have come under fire, linking to a story in The Hill newspaper showing Biden backing off on multiple claims to have been fired upon in Iraq:
When asked for a detailed account of the experience, Biden described three incidents on two separate Iraq trips in which he felt that he was shot at or might have been shot at. Only one of them took place inside the Green Zone, he said, and involved a "shot" landing outside the building where he and other senators were staying. He added that the vehicle he was traveling in the day before might also have been hit.
Biden said the incident happened in the morning while he and at least one other senator were shaving. Although he said it shook the building, he wasn't rattled enough to duck and cover.
"No one got up and ran from the room -- it wasn't that kind of thing," he said. "...It's not like I had someone holding a gun to my head."
Thinking about it now, he said, a more accurate comment would have been: "I was near where a shot landed."
—Clay Waters is the director of Times Watch, an MRC project tracking the New York Times.
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Apparently Bosnia fires
May 20, 2009 - 11:18 ET by nolotrippenApparently Bosnia fires imaginary bullets at people with a lot of imagination.
Not too surprising as good ol' Smoking Joe,
May 20, 2009 - 20:01 ET by gmaniac1and I mean that figuratively, is a serious sociopath. Next thing you know Baby Boy Obama will be saying he dodge bullets in Vietnam while inutero. I guess the only reason liberals keep supporting these morons is they have yet to find the other half of thier brain, the good half that is.
When the people fear the government it's called tyranny, when the government fears the people it's called liberty!
Biden...
May 20, 2009 - 11:27 ET by ontheright...is a habitual liar and should be labeled as such so there is no mistaking his lies as "gaffes".
Furthermore, he is a prime example of the political trash that needs to be "cleaned" from Washington D.C. He and his ilk is what is wrong with our Government - it is their belief that they can do/say whatever they want and the dumbmasses in "fly-over" America will be none the wiser.
Well, these elitist buffoons have another thing coming in 2010; if our country can survive that long...
I'm just glad he has a
May 20, 2009 - 11:29 ET by oldArmyI'm just glad he has a "SECRET" bunker to hide in....in the event he is in any kind of danger again.....oh wait....
Another example...
May 20, 2009 - 11:33 ET by ontheright...of his buffoonery - compromises the very place he is to use to protect himself from impending attack/harm - so typical of Joe's notorious "synapse collapse" syndrome, IMHO.
Crazy "B" Biden!
May 20, 2009 - 11:37 ET by CobraManAn ode to Crazy B
(To the tune of Charlie Brown)
Fi Fo Fum Fe
Someone's shooting guns at me!
Crazy B, do da do do do
Crazy B, do da do do do
A target he, do da do do do
That Crazy B do da do do do
He's gonna get hit.
Just you wait and see!
(Why is everybody always shooten at me?)
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G.I. Joe Biden
May 20, 2009 - 11:59 ET by Pilgrim1949Can't wait for jivin' Joe to visit some of the many Civil War battlefields in the wider DC Metro area....
"Yup, just the other day I visited Bull Run Battlefield park. I was right near where a shot landed...."
"...well, alright, so it was a little over 200 years ago, but nevertheless it was quite an active battleground back then...the shells were flying, the bullets whizzing by, and..."
OK, have a seat over there, Joe, right next to the guy in the wheelchair. Maybe you can persuade him to stand up and give you his seat.
sounds familiar
May 20, 2009 - 18:35 ET by UndercoverConservativePatton used to claim intimate knowledge of Roman battlefields.
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So not only is he lying, but
May 20, 2009 - 12:01 ET by Ken ShepherdSo not only is he lying, but he's basically plagiarizing Hillary Clinton's most famous lie.
Wow, just, wow.
Probably similar to this
May 20, 2009 - 12:14 ET by SeftonBreaking MSM report: VP Joe Biden has reportedly been the target of unknown perpetrators while visiting troops in Bosnia. An aerial bombardment occured and fire was being directed at the VP's position.
Truth report: VP Joe Biden was eating in the mess hall with some of the troops, at a table by himself, when sausages were launched in his direction from unknown sources.
Was Joe on the trip
May 20, 2009 - 12:20 ET by Delsawith Hillary?
→ Heckle and Jeckle
May 20, 2009 - 12:25 ET by Cool ArrowDennis Miller, last night referred to Biden and Pelosi as Heckle and Jeckle.
Riddle me this; Why does Obama need Secret Service agents when these magpies are next in line?
"I was fighting a war in Iraq!" - Nancy Lugosi
Joe Biden - America's Imaginary Vice-President
May 20, 2009 - 14:15 ET by xyzzypoofsBumper Sticker?
Joe Biden - America's Imaginary Vice-President
Don't know about you ...
May 20, 2009 - 14:40 ET by SentryDanDon't know about you but I don't think I can believe what Biden is saying. From my own experience, when taking indirect fire, you almost always head for cover cause you don't know where the shells will land. One just might come visit your location. Now, if he were taking direct fire, I sure he would have been under a bed or something. So it seems to me in either case he would of or should have been under cover. You guys who have been through it know what I'm saying.
Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.
Also remember folks, that the way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS is to support their mission. Anyone who says that they support the troops but don't support their mission is lying about supporting the troops. And if you want to know, yes I do have a dog in the fight, he is a United States Marine.
It all depends. The bad
May 20, 2009 - 16:32 ET by BDIt all depends. The bad guys sometimes just fire one round at a time, usually just before sun up to break your sleep pattern and if you are not on the gun target line you donot hear them in flight (not sure about the physics, just real life experience) so all you hear is the impact.
It used to be quite frustrating to hear a "Boom" of a rocket or mortar impacting somewhere nearby, then sevral seconds later listen to the warning siren start to warble and know that you would spend the next half hour in a bunker wasting time waiting for the PA system to tell us that a round had been fired but all is now well.
Now, then they fired multiples you took life more seriously....
Hey BD, your last ...
May 20, 2009 - 21:10 ET by SentryDanHey BD, your last paragraph said it all. Only the 2 times TSN came under IDF while I was there put us under Red alert for more than 2 hours each time. And both time where just after I got off shift and had just hit the rack. The bloody Cong just couldn't get it right, you know like hitt us when I was at work.
Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.
Also remember folks, that the way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS is to support their mission. Anyone who says that they support the troops but don't support their mission is lying about supporting the troops. And if you want to know, yes I do have a dog in the fight, he is a United States Marine.