A little debunking help, please...

[HawkerHurricane]

I'm cleaning out my work email, and came across this 'gem' that needs a rebuttal...
Its from NewMax, so I know it's tripe, but I could use some proof.

> Looks like some things will never change. Scary to think that this woman
> wants to be a future Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Services.
>
> Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 12:44 a.m. EST
>
> Bagram GI: Troops Waited While Hillary Chowed Down
>
> U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton forced U.S. troops stationed at Bagram Air
> Base in Afghanistan to wait for their Thanksgiving dinner last Thursday while
> she and her entourage arrived late, gave an interview to reporters and then
> cut in line and were served first.
> A Green Beret (reservist) who witnessed the scene tells NewsMax:
>
> "Thanksgiving Dinner started at 3 p.m. that day, so the line was
> forming around 2:30 p.m. She didn't show up until around 3:30 p.m.
> "Once she got there," our source maintains, "Clinton decided to talk to
> and pose for photos for reporters who accompanied her and then she and her
> entourage bumped everyone in line, forcing them to wait almost an extra hour."
>
> The brass at Bagram apparently had a hard time rounding up New Yorkers who
> wanted to have dinner with Clinton (D-NY). Only six GIs responded to an e-mail
> sent out last week that stated,

"Looking for military members from New York and Rhode Island interested in
meeting their Senator/Congressman."

> During the meal, Clinton remarked that,

"Many American people do not support this war, but I support the troops."
One GI, a combat veteran from Rochester asked her why she came if that was how
she felt, got up and left the table.

> An aide tried to bring him back but was told to "butt out" by the GI, who
> did not return.
>
> People magazine and the NY Times were on hand to cover the event and
> wanted to interview the troops for reaction to Clinton's visit.
>
> "But they were getting declined left and right," our source said.
> "Soldiers were actually telling the reporters, 'You don't want to print what I
> think about her and her visit.'"
> After Clinton and her entourage departed, the only topics GIs wanted to
> talk about were "how great the food was and how fantastic they thought George
> Bush's visit to Iraq was." The reporters didn't even bother to write their
> comments down and left shortly thereafter.
>
>
> Source: NewsMax (an on-line military newsletter in Afghanistan, Kuwait
> and Iraq.)

[jayfish]

1. Well The First Thing Is That She Was In Iraq,...

not Afghanistan. If they can't even get that right, what good is the rest of the story.

Jay

Edited Due To Doltishness.

[Tempest]

3. She was in Afghanistan before she went to Iraq n/t

[eyesroll]

2. Snopes to the rescue

Indeterminate, but NYT reports a different story...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/chowdown.asp

[HawkerHurricane]

4. Thank you

Forwarded to the freeper.

[Skittles]

5. you should also ask this freeper

why his party feels the need to pass around such ridiculous lies, and why people like him swallow them so easily.

[HawkerHurricane]

6. Good idea.

I'll do that when I finish going through my inbox... over 300 peices of mail, amazing what missing a month of work will do to your mail.

[HawkerHurricane]

7. Good idea.

I'll do that when I finish going through my inbox... over 300 peices of mail, amazing what missing a month of work will do to your mail.