Hillary Clinton was never in a war zone.

[progressive_realist]

Her visit to Bosnia was in March 1996. The final peace agreement was signed on December 14, 1995, although there had been a cease-fire since October 11, 1995. President Bill Clinton had flown into the same airbase two months earlier, in January 1996. The only U.S. combat death during the mission died from a landmine. That's not to say there was no risk of snipers, but to call it a war zone is a serious stretch of the truth. It was a former war zone by the time Hillary arrived there. There had been no organized combat since October 1995, five months before her visit.

I really shouldn't need to provide links, since these are all basic factual matters, but since some of her supporters seem to be reality-challenged:

On Hillary's and Bill's trips to Bosnia:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/bosnia/mar96/nbos200.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/bosnia/jan96/nbos121.htm


On the ending of the Bosnian War:

http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/bosnia/bosagree.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_war


On U.S. casualties in Bosnia:

http://www.nytimes.com/specials/bosnia/context/0703yugo-us-troops.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_casualties_of_war (I wasn't able to locate a primary source for the total casualties, but I also couldn't find any sources that disagreed with Wikipedia's count for Bosnia)

[pocoloco]

1. Oh Yeah??

What about the morning Bill told her about Monica???

[subsuelo]

2. oops I voted for Barack

I guess I mis-read the voting options.

Sorry Hill. I'm human. It was an honest mistake.

[Debi]

3. Shhhhhhh don't tell the media

:yoiks:

[tabasco]

4. I don't think the death in Bosnia was caused by a landmine.

IIRC, there was a soldier wounded by a landmine but not killed.

I think the soldier who was killed was handling US ammo of some type when it exploded, making it an accidental death and not a combat casualty.

Still, an honorable soldier killed in the line of duty. :patriot:

edit: Found a link, it was an accidental death.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/index/bosnia/feb96/nbos148.htm

[elocs]

5. Now, don't split hairs, cloud the issue or confuse us with the truth. n/t