"always making one wonder what lay on the other side."
Hmm...was Kerry tempted to join Col. Kurtz' outfit?
I wonder if someone has the link to Kerry's references to Apocalypse Now, he evidently was very impressed by the movie, and he says he identified with it. It might have been in the "hat" interview, although I think he also wrote a review of the movie way back when... maybe someone can correct me.
But it is notable that in Kerry's dream life he equates his fictional forays into Cambodia with fictional Hollywood forays into Cambodia. I suppose that would make sense.