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| From Washington Times - Narrative Andrew Antippas |
| 2004-08-18 |
| I understand that the campaign of candidate John Kerry is now asserting that not only did Navy Lt. Kerry visit Cambodia in his swift boat in 1968-69, but he performed four missions to drop off agents inside Cambodia. Perhaps, but I don't think so. . . . The Navy kept track of Communist shipping to Cambodia, and the U.S. mission in Vietnam was persuaded that most of the munitions to the Communist forces in the southern half of South Vietnam were delivered through the Port of Sihanoukville. Line crossers were not generally used in the populated portions of Cambodia that stretched along the borders of Vietnam's III and IV Corps to the Gulf of Siam because of the concern for the impact on civilians that could enrage Prince Sihanouk, the fiery head of state of Cambodia. Intelligence operatives had great trouble penetrating base areas. Even Cambodian provincial officials were prevented from traveling in their jurisdictions where there were base areas. This was, by the way, one key reason for the overthrow of Prince Sihanouk in March 1970. His seeming acceptance of Vietnamese Communist usurpation of Cambodian land alienated many of his subjects, including the peasants on the border who were shot at by both sides. The Cambodian farmers detested the land grabbing of the Vietnamese. The relative openness of the terrain also militated against armed groups of Americans scouring the countryside. I believe, based on the foregoing, that I would have been aware of Navy operations inserting agents into the southern parts of Cambodia. Please read whole article |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #4 Wouldn't that type fo operation be declassified at this point so that the Kerry campaign could prove their case? If the information is classified, then isn't Kerry divulging classified information every time he publically announces what has been seared in his mind? Personally, I hope he dons his lucky hat for us at least once before this all blows over. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-18 11:48:40 PM |
| #3 Great read! This guy knows what he is talking about, much unlike a certain Dim presidential nominee. |
| Posted by: Capt America 2004-08-18 11:18:07 PM |
| #2 It would certainly make for interesting politics here in Illinois. The Dems in the Statehouse threatened all spring and summer to keep W's name off the ballot since he wasn't going to be nominated in time for the ballot to be printed. (They relented after a lot of wrangling.) Should the shoe end up on the other foot with less than a month to go... |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-08-18 9:19:14 PM |
| #1 What are the odds on Kerry being gone by October and the Dems pull a Jersey style switch? Waiting for the SCOTUS appeals to put the new guy on the ballots..... |
| Posted by: john 2004-08-18 8:31:56 PM |