There is a new article by christopher hitchens taht assails Hillary Clinton's Bosnia lie in a manner that I think is quite fair and quite accurate.
http://www.slate.com/...
Here is the relevant quote:
He lambasts Clinton for claiming to lead a peace initiative in an area where the Clinton administration stood silent for over 4years, thereby allowing genocide to proceed.
And now, Hillary invented snipergate for political advantage. His argument that this trumps even her husband in its sheer bris is quite true in my opinion. The Clinto adminstration DID allow genocide in bosnia and only interefered well into the debacle.
Interestingly, he ties this to clinton's healthcare initiative and seems to suugest that the healthcare initiative of Hilarys was behind Bill Clintons reluctance to step into bosnia.
So Hillary not only failed at achieving healthcare but helped allow genocide to proceed.
these are ferocious charges.
we need to take a close look at this.
I believe there is truth here. http://www.slate.com/...
In the event, President Bill Clinton had not found it convenient to keep this promise. Let me quote from Sally Bedell Smith's admirable book on the happy couple, For Love of Politics:
Taking the advice of Al Gore and National Security Advisor Tony Lake, Bill agreed to a proposal to bomb Serbian military positions while helping the Muslims acquire weapons to defend themselves—the fulfillment of a pledge he had made during the 1992 campaign. But instead of pushing European leaders, he directed Secretary of State Warren Christopher merely to consult with them. When they balked at the plan, Bill quickly retreated, creating a "perception of drift." The key factor in Bill's policy reversal was Hillary, who was said to have "deep misgivings" and viewed the situation as "a Vietnam that would compromise health-care reform." The United States took no further action in Bosnia, and the "ethnic cleansing" by the Serbs was to continue for four more years, resulting in the deaths of more than 250,000 people.