She gets 4 Pinocchios from Michael Dobbs for this one:
The caption under the photo above reads:
Greeting ceremony, Tuzla military airport, Bosnia, March 25, 1996.
A March 17th speech by Hillary included:
"I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."
--Hillary Clinton, speech at George Washington University, March 17, 2008.
This article states:
As a reporter who visited Bosnia soon after the December 1995 Dayton Peace agreement, I can attest that the physical risks were minimal during this period, particularly at a heavily fortified U.S. Air Force base, such as Tuzla. Contrary to the claims of Hillary Clinton and former Army secretary Togo West, Bosnia was not "too dangerous" a place for President Clinton to visit in early 1996. In fact, the first Clinton to visit the Tuzla Air Force base was not Hillary, but Bill, on January 13, 1996. [...]
Far from running to an airport building with their heads down, Clinton and her party were greeted on the tarmac by smiling U.S. and Bosnian officials. An eight-year-old Moslem girl, Emina Bicakcic, read a poem in English. An Associated Press photograph of the greeting ceremony, above, shows a smiling Clinton bending down to receive a kiss.
Lissa Muscatine, who served as Hilary Clinton's chief speechwriter in 1996 and accompanied her on the Bosnia trip, says:
I was on the plane with then First Lady Hillary Clinton for the trip from Germany into Bosnia in 1996. We were put on a C17-- a plane capable of steep ascents and descents -- precisely because we were flying into what was considered a combat zone. We were issued flak jackets for the final leg because of possible sniper fire near Tuzla. As an additional precaution, the First Lady and Chelsea were moved to the armored cockpit for the descent into Tuzla. We were told that a welcoming ceremony on the tarmac might be canceled because of sniper fire in the hills surrounding the air strip. From Tuzla, Hillary flew to two outposts in Bosnia with gunships escorting her helicopter.
The Fact Checker says:
Clinton's tale of landing at Tuzla airport "under sniper fire" and then running for cover is simply not credible. Photographs and video of the arrival ceremony, combined with contemporaneous news reports, tell a very different story. Four Pinocchios.
Anyone else balkin'?
Mr. Blifil,
Photographs and video of the arrival ceremony, combined with contemporaneous news reports, tell a very different story.
Since I'm not a reporter, I can't verify or de-verify anything. I post what interests me, and what I think will interest you.
And while I agree with your premise, it sounds to me like there is enough out there to refute what might be her "confused memory". And if she did, in fact, "volunteer a confused memory", then she shouldn't be pushing a story that might be confused.
Btw, when I read what I just wrote, putting what you said in "quotes" makes it sound as if I'm belittling what you said. I'm not, by any stretch. I am literally just showing what you said, and how I'm responding. I think you sound very reasonable.