Kerry's Christmas in Cambodia

[link|http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/12/wus12.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/08/12/ixnewstop.html|Not his worst lie, but perhaps his most blatant one]

Excerpt:

Yesterday, however, the Kerry campaign was left in verbal knots after
a new book accused the senator of inventing stories about being sent,
illegally, over the border into neutral Cambodia.

The Kerry campaign responded, initially, that Mr Kerry had always said
he was "near" Cambodia. Then a campaign aide said Mr Kerry had been in
the Mekong Delta "between" Vietnam and next-door Cambodia - a
geographical zone not found on maps, which show the Mekong river running
from Cambodia to Vietnam.

The book, Unfit for Command, is based on recollections from dozens of
veterans who served in the same naval unit as Mr Kerry, including
crewmen on small patrol craft under his direct command.

In newspaper articles, interviews and at least one Senate speech, Mr
Kerry has claimed that he spent Christmas 1968 inside Cambodia, at a
time when even the US president was publicly denying that American
forces were inside that country.

He has cited the missions as a psychological turning point, when he
realised that American leaders were not telling the truth to the world
about the war in south-east Asia.

I say:

I wonder how much of this he lifted from Apocalypse Now?

Heart of Darkness indeed.

Oh, and [link|http://hughhewitt.com/index.htm#postid766|here's an interview with a war vet on the subject]

Excerpt:

HH: OK, well put. Now, Steve Gardner, John Kerry has also been
discovered to have been telling a story that he took a CIA man at least
one CIA man into Cambodia and that he kept his hat. When you were on the
boat with John Kerry, for your two months and two weeks of the tour that
he served, did you ever have a CIA man on board?

SG: Number one, no.

HH: Did you ever take anyone to Cambodia and drop them off?

SG: Categorically no.

HH: Did you get near Cambodia and drop anybody off?

SG: The closest we can get to Cambodia, and that's a long swim, is 50 miles.

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Post #168,908 by marlowe 8/12/04 1:12:44 PM Reply	Kerry's Christmas in Cambodia [link\|http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/08/12/wus12.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/08/12/ixnewstop.html\|Not his worst lie, but perhaps his most blatant one] Excerpt: Yesterday, however, the Kerry campaign was left in verbal knots after a new book accused the senator of inventing stories about being sent, illegally, over the border into neutral Cambodia. The Kerry campaign responded, initially, that Mr Kerry had always said he was "near" Cambodia. Then a campaign aide said Mr Kerry had been in the Mekong Delta "between" Vietnam and next-door Cambodia - a geographical zone not found on maps, which show the Mekong river running from Cambodia to Vietnam. The book, Unfit for Command, is based on recollections from dozens of veterans who served in the same naval unit as Mr Kerry, including crewmen on small patrol craft under his direct command. In newspaper articles, interviews and at least one Senate speech, Mr Kerry has claimed that he spent Christmas 1968 inside Cambodia, at a time when even the US president was publicly denying that American forces were inside that country. He has cited the missions as a psychological turning point, when he realised that American leaders were not telling the truth to the world about the war in south-east Asia. I say: I wonder how much of this he lifted from Apocalypse Now? Heart of Darkness indeed. Oh, and [link\|http://hughhewitt.com/index.htm#postid766\|here's an interview with a war vet on the subject] Excerpt: HH: OK, well put. Now, Steve Gardner, John Kerry has also been discovered to have been telling a story that he took a CIA man at least one CIA man into Cambodia and that he kept his hat. When you were on the boat with John Kerry, for your two months and two weeks of the tour that he served, did you ever have a CIA man on board? SG: Number one, no. HH: Did you ever take anyone to Cambodia and drop them off? SG: Categorically no. HH: Did you get near Cambodia and drop anybody off? SG: The closest we can get to Cambodia, and that's a long swim, is 50 miles. [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/kerry.html#20040812\|Home link] ---------------------------------------------------------------- "All the news you wish would go away" Iraq is free, and there's nothing you can do about it. DEAL WITH IT. [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]
Post #168,915 by boxley 8/12/04 1:47:28 PM Reply	At least he a has a memory of xmas 69 Bush probably doesnt remember which county he was passed out in. Whats yer point. This isnt about Bush or Kerry circa 1969 this is about a track record of piss poor decision making with even piss poorer advisors. Repos complain Kerry hasnt done anything since 1971 so what. At least it shows he is careful with his fence sitting.Grow up. thanx, bill "delayed incessantly by people whose prevalent qualification was an excess of free-time" Philip Atkinson questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #169,004 by jbrabeck 8/12/04 6:17:38 PM Reply	Read [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=168919\|Ben's post] nuff said A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

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