John Kerry's "Apocalypse Now" fantasy in Cambodia. Great scan of 1979 newpaper article.

1979 | boston herald

[dennisw]

 

Posted by MeekOneGop:

John Kerry wrote his Review for "Apocalypse Now" on Oct 14, 1979 in the Boston Herald.

The key words in this scan are on page two--->

JOHN KERRY:
"On more than one occasion, I like Martin Sheen in "Apocalypse Now," took my patrol boat into Cambodia. In fact I remember spending Christmas Eve of 1968 five miles across the Cambodian border being shot at by our South Vietnamese allies who were drunk and celebrating Christmas. The absurdity of almost being killed by our own allies in a country in which President Nixon claimed there were no American troops was very real."

 

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1188739/posts?page=86#86

The key words in this scan are on page two--->

JOHN KERRY:
"On more than one occasion, I like Martin Sheen in "Apocalypse Now," took my patrol boat into Cambodia. In fact I remember spending Christmas Eve of 1968 five miles across the Cambodian border being shot at by our South Vietnamese allies who were drunk and celebrating Christmas. The absurdity of almost being killed by our own allies in a country in which President Nixon claimed there were no American troops was very real."

 

 

[dennisw]

OK as far as I can tell.

[stop_fascism]

Seems to me it would be easy for his "Band of Brothers" to corroberate that they were in Cambodia. Or did he take his boat in there all by himself?

Why doesn't his campaign arrange a press conference for BoB to tell all about their adventures in Cambodia?

[Mo1]

Wow .. he really didn't like that movie huh?

[Mo1]

or the way he got so overheated in his complaints about a freakin' movie.

I suppose Kerry thinks he could have written a better story

[prairiebreeze]

I copied and sent this out to my email newslist. Thanks!

[Mo1]

Kerry is psychologically delusional and suffers from visions of perceived grandeur.

BINGO!

[grammarman]

Just out of curiosity... Why would Vietnamese be celebrating Christmas when most of them are buddhists, taoists, confucionists and caodists?

I think there may be more Catholics than you think. The President who was assassinated (Tuc) was Catholic.

Catholics, however, do not celebrate on Christmas Eve by firing weapons into the air.

[Jammz]

In 1965 there were reportedly 1,559,077 Catholics in the South, 1771 priests of whom 1,376 were Vietnamese, 4,826 nuns the majority of whom were Vietnamese.

[Montaignes Cat]

Kerry's made-up story reminds me of the case of the college football coach who embellished his resume and subsequently was fired by Notre Dame before he even coached a single game for them.

[bray]

"On more than one occasion, I like Martin Sheen in "Apocalypse Now," took my patrol boat into Cambodia. In fact I remember spending Christmas Eve of 1968 five miles across the Cambodian border being shot at by our South Vietnamese allies who were drunk and celebrating Christmas. The absurdity of almost being killed by our own allies in a country in which President Nixon claimed there were no American troops was very real.John Kerry “Apocalypse Now" on Oct 14, 1979 in the Boston Herald.

The Kerry Campaign has now admitted that this was a fabrication. This is far from a slip of the tongue this is a well thought out written attack on a President and country that not only impugned them, but the Ex-Government of South Vietnam. This soon became the basic prejudice of the history of the Vietnam War. The damage by this statement and further statements shamed an entire generation of men who gave their heroic service to their country and turned it to humiliation.

John Kerry came back from the war a decorated hero and soon parlayed that into the most decorated witness of war crime atrocities committed by the United States and South Vietnam. Nobody would question his truthfulness because he had chest full of medals and had no motivation to lie. Anybody who questioned him was quickly painted as a war criminal and a tool of the military. He was quickly annointed as the only moral person in an immoral war and this is exactly why this lie is so sickening.

We have now found and John Kerry has admitted that he was never in Cambodia on Christmas Eve or any other time. He never violated Cambodia’s sovereignty and neither did the South Vietnamese Army. Forget that President Nixon was not in office in 1968, but he never ordered any American Troops into Cambodia. President Nixon was telling the truth and John Kerry, decorated war hero was lying. President Nixon had to surrender to the North Vietnamese in shame and went to his grave a war criminal because of these lies. President Nixon we find four decades later, was telling the Truth.

His testimony and this story was the foundation of the Vietnam scar on America’s military. The stories of torturing prisoners and villagers became the visual of Viet Nam. The indiscriminate incursions into Cambodia and Laos was common knowledge. Because of these stories the soldiers came back from Nam to be spit on by American public. Now we find out these stories were all the fantasy of a young John Kerry who managed to keep his fabrications in the America’s consciousness. Vietnam became the club that hammered our military, over and over again. All of this was built off of the Cambodia lie and his false testimony in Congress.

John Kerry was still telling these lies as of last year when he showed off a hat he brought back from this Cambodia incursion. This he claimed was his lucky hat, given to him by a CIA agent?? What kind of dementia is this man suffering from? Did he actually believe any of his lies or did he enjoy being Mr Macho who steered his boat into another country during combat? Did he enjoy being Blood and Guts Kerry or was there something more sinister??

Because of this lie both Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon became the pyrias of American politics. Both went to their graves as accused war criminals, violating the sovereignty of innocent countries. As we find out that they were the innocent victims of a smear campaign led by John Kerry. John Kerry painted himself as the only moral person in an immoral war. As we find out the military was indeed fighting this war morally and the only immoral person in this story was John Kerry. Because of this lie two Presidents were made war criminals and an entire generation of soldiers were spit upon. What can John Kerry offer to repair his damage he has done to America?? The very least he can do is finally come clean, apologize for his atrocious lies and resign from the race!

Pray for W and Our Troops

[newsgatherer]

Thank you, you will see the link directly to the article at the top of the page.
Thanks again, great find.

[eyespysomething]

Pingy...Kerry has flashbacks to Apocalypse Now.

[Eastbound]

How surreal all of this seems. It's like watching a 'Back To The Future' episode.

Great work, dennisw. You have successfully de-throned Biff Tannen.

[Helms]

Did Kerry just admit to having tripped on acid?

Not at all surprising and to be expected from a 1st boomer.

Conrad was most profoundly influenced by Schopenhauer's, some would say nihilistic but what most describe as pessimistic, philosophy.

Wagner was once a great friend of Nietzsche (like Schopenhauer with Goethe) who would later consider Wagner no longer worthy of his respect. His music contrary to what Kerry has sad is appropriate and also appropriate to have used during the DNC convention ??????

Did Kerry do acid when he was in Vietnam and so hallucinate his experiences there?

I certainly picked up on the surreality of Coppola's movie.

[New Perspective]

My view.

[dennisw]

You are an LGF cat too :)

[GailA]

hanoi john must really be a movie nut..he imitates so many of them in life.

[cartoonistx]

[MileHi]

I believe there will be.

God, I hope so, Jeff. It hard to imagine that the lame platitudes sell, that the media want to defeat Bush so bad that they won't expose the lies, and that Kerry is polling as high as he is.

FReegards

[CharlesThe Hammer]

Excellent post! John Kerry has been revealed as a liar on this Cambodia myth and thus, calls into question the authenticity in each of his many "war stories". The tremendous hubris displayed by this fake is demonstrated in the cheeky irony of fluffing a marginal service record into one that is highly decorated and then using that personna to defame one's comrades. His calumny is deliberate, chronic and vile. He implicated his peers, smeared his superiors and robbed the honor of an entire generation of service men and women by his lies. The "Christmas in Cambodia" revelation is our national cue to probe the veracity in his other claims. "Embellishment", Mis-speaking", and "poor recollection" cannot explain falsified reports, perjury to Congress, and opportunism of the worst order. If lie upon lie have piled into a stinking hill from which Mr. Kerry will step into the highest American office,if Christmas was NOT in Cambodia after all, then perhaps the SwiftVets must be accorded a serious hearing. The countless "Real" heroes of Vietnam and all other wars deserve nothing less. That is our duty.