[sr4402]

Seared in his memory, like the grain of rice in his Clymer

1. President Nixon was not President Christmas of 1968.
2. Therefore Nixon could not have ordered the mission.
3. Kerry's diary says he was in Vietnam at Christmas, not Cambodia.
4. Vets say it was impossible to go there by boat.
5. Kerry had so little time (4 months) that he barely could be trained to handle his own boat and men by that time.
6. Kerry says it was seared into his conscious testifying to the U.S. Senate in 1971 and the Boston Globe.
7. Kerry fakes throwing his medals/ribbons at the White House.
8. Kerry now says it wasn't Christmas but on 4 other occasions.
9. Kerry now questioned about his first purple heart. His commander remembers Kerry launching a grenade and hit by his own shrapnel and requesting the purple heart.

10. Conclusion: Unfit for Command

[PISANO]

In the four months and 12 days he was there at least 6 weeks was devoted to TRAINING pre OIC of a SWIFT and then a few weeks with another officer. Taking all that into account his medal count is astounding especially 3 PH's in less that 3 mos and never losing a day from duty, or spending sometime in a hospital. Like his MENTOR, WJC X42, he must have been the LUCKIEST man alive.

I loathe to talk or question a Vet's medals but IMHO Kerry lost me in '71 when he joined Fonda and the commies.