Posted on 08/12/2004 7:13:16 PM PDT by wagglebee
**Exclusive**
TOUR OF DUTY author and John Kerry historian Doug Brinkley is rushing a piece for the NEW YORKER: to set-the-record-straight on Kerry's Christmas in Cambodia tale, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Kerry has turned to author Brinkley for a "modification" after it was exposed that Kerry was not in Cambodia during Christmas of 1968, as he once claimed from the Senate floor.
The Brinkley piece for the NEW YORKER will now say that Kerry was not in Cambodia during Christmas, but rather in January, publishing sources tell DRUDGE.
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Since the early 1970s, Kerry has spoken and written of how he was illegally ordered to enter Cambodia. Kerry mentioned it in the floor of the Senate in 1986 when he charged that President Reagans actions in Central America were leading the U.S. in another Vietnam. Heres what he said as excerpted from the new book, UNFIT FOR COMMAND:
"I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by the 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."
John ONeils, author of UNFIT FOR COMMAND, comments on the clarification:
John Kerry describes Christmas Eve in Cambodia as a critical turning point in his life. We now know that his story is completely false. My question is how many people do you know have invented a turning point, one that is seared in his memory? While it makes sense for John Kerry to come clean about the Cambodia story, it is one of several tales that the Kerry campaign will have to face and clarify.
By claiming we were engaged in a war crime and crossing international borders, John Kerry damaged the credibility of all the commanding officers above him and insulted the sailors who served with him, said John ONeill, member of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
Developing...
I believe the politically correct way to say that is, "deny, deny, obfuscate, deny, deny, obfuscate some more, then when all else fails blame the vast right wing conspiracy
It is a catch 22. However after 35 years I suspect you can file a FOI for anything related to that kind of operation.
But Kerry has to PROVE he did it in January to be taken seriously, so if there is opsec he has the same problem.
One other angle is to see if Kerry had a TS clearance. I would doubt it after his anti-war speech at Yale. When I got debriefed at the end of my 4 years in the Navy, we were told what we knew to be secret had a life time of 7 years.
(Carville mode)
Oh yeah!!! How do you know?!!! Were YOU in KERRY'S SWIFTBOAT?!!!!
(Carville mode/)
Richard Nixon (Jan 20, 1969)- "Wow! This Oval Office is cool! Hey guys, how soon can we send troops illegally into Cambodia?"
Staff- "Well Mr. President, I have heard there is one Swift Boat Captain that would be good to go tomorrow."
RMN- "Neat! Send him!"
Nixon still wasn't president until the 20th.
Ya.. it was January... that's right, JANUARY... That's the ticket!
Yes, and who thinks of sugar plums and fairies in January? sKerry is a loser.
with thanks to George Orwell
Hey, now its my new tagline.
Mebbbe it was Robert E. Lee's birthday? Seriously, even if it was Christmas, how many South Vietnamese would be in CAMBODIA celebrating CHRISTMAS in 1968? Granted there was residual French Catholic influence in South Vietnam, but ARVN soldiers drunk and celebrating a Christian holiday? Gimme a(nother) break.
Good one!
Brinkley better have DOCUMENTS to back that up.
He's already had to "modify" this book about 10 times.
This is truly BS in January he was on PCF 44 with Steve Gardner who already said he never went to Cambodia...say Kerry get your boats, ships, dates, and BS together...
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/president/kerry/articles/2004/04/23/discrepancies_noted_in_kerrys_record/
oh dont forget this little slip...seems they didn't even know when Kerry was "IN THE NAVY" (village people music in background please)
http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2004/08/spinsanity_sear.html
LOL!
Ah, Russian Christmas! No wait, that's still before Jan. 20 inauguration...hmm...
Holidays of the Vietnamese
Tet is a three-day holiday marking the New Year. Traditional concepts of ancestor worship, hospitality and friendship are meticulously reinforced through rituals and social customs. No one sweeps the floor during the first day of Tet for fear of sweeping out the good fortune.
According to the lunar calendar, the beginning of the year falls between January and February.
Oh yeah Buddhist...ah...er ah...it was Tet.
Yeah, that's the ticket.
They were shooting for Tet!
;^)
I believe it was April or early May of 1970. The Kent State riots of May '70 were in response to the incursion...
Yes, and being a liberal it was his intentions that mattered.
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