When did he say Nixon sent him? I have heard that, but haven't really followed this aspect of the story much.
If true......blockbuster stuff.
Just read back thru the thread a bit. He used Nixon's name in a discussion witha Globe reporter, and he referred to being in Cambodia on Christmas 1968 in a speech on the Senate floor in 1986. Post 8 in this thread has the relevant passage from the Congressional Record, and one of my messages has the passage he gave to the Globe (mentioning Nixon).
Careful to not get mired in details, the point is that Kerry made up the whole story, and repeated it on more than one occasion.
If true......blockbuster stuff.
I don't have a blockbuster anecdote to do with Cambodia, but a point that goes to Kerry's way about this subject.
As I've posted before on FR, during one of the dem debates when I heard Kerry hiss "NIXON's war" I quick googled (Dean was the front-runner at the time I distinctly recall) when Kerry had served and immediately posted on the Live Thread that Kerry had been sent to Vietnam under Johnson since Nixon wasn't sworn in until Jan. '69. It had seemed to me he was clearly trying to convey that he went to Vietnam because of Nixon.
Just an anecdote to illustrate the subtle and sly way Kerry has of acting like the entire Vietnam War took place under the auspices of one Richard M. Nixon. It's deceitful. So I wasn't surprised to hear about this "Christmas in Cambodia" story.