[angkor]

pajamas instead of a loin cloth and Rassman's claim (from the bottom of the river) that Kerry was being fired upon when he came back

The pajamas claim was from the VC in Ca Mau, who gave differing answers to Nightline and to the AP reporter who interviewed them a month or two earlier. The Vietnamese Communists are notorious liars (and I say this as the husband of a S. Vietnamese woman who grew up on the Delta).

As for Rassman's claim, I'll cut him slack and say that he confused friendly fire for enemy fire in the heat of battle. All the other SWIFTees say he's wrong.

[colorado tanker]

I thought Nightline taking the word of VC over American veterans was especially vile.

I cut Rassman slack too. He struck me as a pretty naive guy who was seriously being taken advantage of by Kerry's handlers.