The anti-Kerry veterans have said Kerry's recollection does not make sense because Nixon was not inaugurated until January 1969. But Kerry campaign spokesman Meehan said Kerry was referring to a range of time that included when Nixon was president-elect and president. During the 1968 presidential campaign, Nixon opposed a change in US policy that would allow "hot pursuit" of enemy forces into Cambodia; in March 1969 he authorized the secret bombing of Cambodia, which was followed by the 1970 invasion of Cambodia.Thus, I suppose, Kerry can say he was in "Mr. Nixon's War" although LBJ sent him over there and he was back in the US a month after Nixon was inaugurated.
"As Kerry explains here, if Nixon was only running for office and not President in Dec '68"
Actually Nixon was President-elect in December '68--remember the election was in November. In any case he wasn't sending anyone into Cambodia, though :)
Just as a matter of history, Nixon was not accused of sending troops into Cambodia till 10 months after he was in office, and Kerry was no longer in Vietnam. In fact it was just before Kerry met with the enemy in Paris. Maybe they wrote the story for him. Ever heard of a couple of guys named Ion Mihai Pacepa and Yuri Andropov? They have a couple interesting things to say about Kerry.