Empire’s Son, Empire’s Orphan: The Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah by Nile Green
On the campaign trail in 2008, Hillary Clinton infamously claimed that she had landed at a Bosnian airbase, in March 1996, “under sniper fire.”
“There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport,” the presidential hopeful told supporters, “but instead we just ran with our heads down.” Unfortunately for Clinton, footage of the event was swiftly produced that showed the then First Lady calmly walking off the ramp of a U.S. military aircraft before stopping to chat with soldiers and enthusiastic well-wishers. Confronted with the discrepancy, Clinton said she had made a simple “mistake,” while the Obama campaign accused her of inventing the daring-sounding escapade to emphasize her foreign-policy experience.
