Posted on 05/17/2004 2:20:21 PM PDT by robomurph
Did decorated Vietnam War veteran John F. Kerry see military action in Cambodia? He says nothing about it on the campaign trail, but he stated it as fact on the floor of the U.S. Senate on March 27, 1986. In that speech, Kerry accused President Ronald Reagan of leading the United States into another Vietnam in Central America, accusing the administration of Nixon-like duplicity and saying that he should recognize it because of his Vietnam experience.
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What, six guys carrying a Swift Boat? LOL!!!
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.
"...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..."
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.
I think he just saw "Apocalypse Now" once too often.
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?
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.
Ditto. That was my first thought. He's been hanging around Martin Sheen & the Hollywood crowd too much.
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.
Hope this doesn't violate any excerpting rule.
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!
BWHAHAHAHAHA!! IT DOES!! LOL!
Wow, the man is a compulsive liar and has apparently been one all his life.
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!
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.
Capt Willard went hunting Col Kurtz in Cambodia on a PBR in "Apocalypse Now."
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