The real story of Slick Willy’s excellent adventure in Pyongyang

Last week was like old times for the American media. According to the template, former President Bill Clinton flew into enemy territory and used the power of his charm to free two innocent American journalists who had been unlawfully arrested by the evil North Koreans.

Unfortunately, none of it is true.

Luckily, Sunday’s London Daily Mail that reveals details about the so-called “rescue” that have been conspicuously absent in the American media:

…Bill Clinton has found it increasingly hard to reconcile himself to life on the sidelines. When asked to undertake a ‘sensitive’ mission to ‘rescue’ the pair, he jumped at the chance.

He was picked up at an airport near his home in the bucolic New York suburb of Chappaqua by a private jet laid on by the Dow Chemical company. It flew him 3,000 miles to Burbank, California, where he boarded a Boeing 737 provided by Steve Bing, one of his best friends and a generous contributor to the Clinton Foundation, the charity with which he has been occupying his post-Presidential years.

On arrival in North Korea, he was chauffeured to the Presidential Palace, where he was photographed posing alongside a triumphant Kim Jong Il. According to an observer, no words were exchanged. The women walked in, weeping, as they were told that they were being released.

The Clinton confidant said: ‘This wasn’t about the women – this was about a PR coup.

So in reality, Bill Clinton did absolutely nothing heroic, absolutely nothing diplomatic, absolutely nothing notable. His major contributions were (a) flying across the Pacific in a luxury private jet and (b) looking good for the cameras when he got home.

Nevertheless, the American media bought into the patently absurd “Bill Clinton Is A Hero” story hook, line lie and sinker.

No wonder we hate them.

Source: Daily Mail