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| Kerry biographer found no basis for 'Christmas in Cambodia' claim |
| 2004-08-12 |
| Kerry must be delusional. His statements in the Boston Herald and on the Congressional Record state that his Christmas in Cambodia memories are SEARED into his memory. The biographer of John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate, said yesterday there was no basis for one of the senator's favourite Vietnam War anecdotes - that he spent Christmas 1968 in Cambodia, a neutral nation which US leaders vowed was off limits for American forces. "On Christmas Eve he was near Cambodia; he was around 50 miles from the Cambodian border. There's no indictment of Kerry to be made, but he was mistaken about Christmas in Cambodia," said Douglas Brinkley, who has unique access to the candidate's wartime journals. But Mr Brinkley rejected accusations that the senator had never been to Cambodia, insisting he was telling the truth about running undisclosed "black" missions there at the height of the war. (more at the link) |
| Posted by:Capt America |
| #5 I'll try to post the link again as a click and go: http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/service_timeline.html |
| Posted by: GK 2004-08-12 11:25:28 PM |
| #4 Maybe John is beginning to read his on web site, http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/service_timeline.html,where this entry appears on the service time line: December 24, 1968 Kerry involved in combat during the Christmas Eve truce of 1968. The truce was three minutes old when mortar fire exploded around Lieutenant Kerry and his five-man crew. Reacting swiftly, John Kerry and his crew silenced the machine gun nest. So there are five men who served UNDER him on Christmas eve 1968 that can vouch that he was NOT in Cambodia. Maybe that time and place is SEARED in their minds if not his. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-08-12 11:22:39 PM |
| #3 Pull the other one... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-08-12 10:52:34 PM |
| #2 so there's two liars and dissemblers...Brinkley's career takes the dive accordingly |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-12 9:59:05 PM |
| #1 "Laos! I meant Laos!" |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-08-12 9:51:00 PM |