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Vietnam Vet Kerry Told Senate He Saw Military Action in Cambodia
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| May 16, 2004
| J. Michael Waller
Posted on 05/17/2004 2:20:21 PM PDT by robomurph
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Could anyone dig up the Congressional Record to confirm this?
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:20:21 PM PDT
by
robomurph
To: robomurph
I don't think those rivers run that far inland. Maybe Kerry will say he did a portage to get there.
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:22:10 PM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. - Robert Frost)
To: highlander_UW
I don't think those rivers run that far inland. Maybe Kerry will say he did a portage to get there. What, six guys carrying a Swift Boat? LOL!!!
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:24:05 PM PDT
by
Riley
(Need an experienced computer tech in the DC Metro area? I'm looking. Freepmail for details.)
To: robomurph
I love it when his words come back to haunt him. He apparently said a lot over the years that is just flat out not true. Whoever is digging up this stuff, keep up the good work.
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:25:34 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
To: robomurph
"...In his words, "I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge and Cambodians, and have the president of the United States telling the American people that I was not there..."
To: Riley
What, six guys carrying a Swift Boat? LOL!!! Don't forget his personal photographer...that'd be 7 except for the times he needs to roll footage to get Kerry walking around with an M16 and a dumb expression.
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:26:51 PM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. - Robert Frost)
To: robomurph
I think he just saw "Apocalypse Now" once too often.
To: highlander_UW
Actually, still only six as Kerry wouldn't dirty his hands working.
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:29:53 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
To: Arkie2
Actually, still only six as Kerry wouldn't dirty his hands working. You got me there! Can you imagine serving with a guy that kept getting purple hearts for woulds that were fixed with bactine and a band aid?
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:31:37 PM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. - Robert Frost)
To: Riley
Actually, in Kerry's first assignment, at An Thoi, he, (and I, two-years earlier) were stationed at the southern tip of Phu Quoc island and our northern patrol area was very near Cambodia...we were always on alert up there because the Cambodians apparently had some very fast boats built by the frogs, and wouldn't hesitate to make our life miserable given the oportunity. They were a lot faster than our boats.
But, like everything Kerry says about his vast experience in Viet Nam, I never heard of anything happening in this area.
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:32:19 PM PDT
by
Cuttnhorse
(John Kerry, Unfit to be Commander in Chief)
To: KellyAdmirer
I think he just saw "Apocalypse Now" once too often.Ditto. That was my first thought. He's been hanging around Martin Sheen & the Hollywood crowd too much.
To: highlander_UW
By Kerry standards I would have innumerable purple hearts for all the hangovers I received at the O' Club bar on Friday nights all those years ago.
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:34:16 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
To: robomurph
"I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge and Cambodians, and have the president of the United States telling the American people that I was not there; the troops were not in Cambodia. I have that memory which is seared - seared - in me." Hope this doesn't violate any excerpting rule.
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:34:47 PM PDT
by
bayourod
(Is it just coincidence that the FR spell-checker lists "a**h*le as an alternative to "Tom Dashle?")
To: Cuttnhorse
Built by the Frogs? And fast? Well, I guess that makes sense. You've got to be able to leave the fight in a hurry!
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:35:41 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
To: robomurph
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:37:05 PM PDT
by
Helms
(Yasser Arafat Quoting The Militant Religion of the Koran: Terrorize Your Enemies)
To: bayourod
(Is it just coincidence that the FR spell-checker lists "a**h*le as an alternative to "Tom Dashle?") BWHAHAHAHAHA!! IT DOES!! LOL!
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:37:14 PM PDT
by
Riley
(Need an experienced computer tech in the DC Metro area? I'm looking. Freepmail for details.)
To: robomurph
Wow, the man is a compulsive liar and has apparently been one all his life.
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:39:23 PM PDT
by
proud American in Canada
("The only important lesson of Vietnam is this: Democrats lose wars." -- Ann Coulter, Treason)
To: Hanging Chad
"...In his words, "I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge and Cambodians,..."See my post #10...I've been in this area, but we spent very little time there...there was no reason to be in this area...the Cambodians would have killed any VC-types fooling around just as fast as they would have gone after our boats. We were warned to stay away from the sea border area of Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand.
Most vets have seen and are familiar with the Kerry Vietnam vet type...he saw a little action and embellishes what really happened every chance he gets.
What a jerk!
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:39:29 PM PDT
by
Cuttnhorse
(John Kerry, Unfit to be Commander in Chief)
To: bayourod
The thing Kerry doesn't remember (read "care about") is the TWO MILLION Cambodians slaughtered after the U.S. abandoned SouthEast Asia. His point about having allegedly seen a bit of action in Cambodia is exactly what? John Kerry seems to be the greatest case of stunted personal growth I have ever seen. His entire world view is wrong headed lessons based on 4 months in combat.
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posted on
05/17/2004 2:40:21 PM PDT
by
Williams
To: highlander_UW
Capt Willard went hunting Col Kurtz in Cambodia on a PBR in "Apocalypse Now."
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