[tarheelswamprat]

Later, as Kerry was about to get into his car outside the Foreign Ministry building, 13-year-old Mustafa al-Nabulsi approached him with a drawing of the senator as a soldier in his Vietnam days. "You have made me much more important than I was, though. You made me a general," Kerry told the teen. "I wish you were the president," al-Nabulsi responded in English. "Thank you very much. So do I. Thank you for this," Kerry said. He asked for the boy's address, and al-Nabulsi gave him his mobile number.

This scene was a set-up; I'd bet any amount on it. Furthermore, the Bush administration continues to demonstrate a dangerous incompetence in media and PR matters by allowing these types of stunts by political opponents.

[KJC1]

This scene was a set-up; I'd bet any amount on it.

I think it smells big-time too. Leave it to Kerry to squeeze in another "I was in Vietnam" moment during a visit to Syria.
P.S. Did you know Kerry was in Vietnam?

[The Real J Fate]

Furthermore, the Bush administration continues to demonstrate a dangerous incompetence in media and PR matters by allowing these types of stunts by political opponents.

I agree, but realistically how could the Bush administration put a stop to it?