August 24, 2004

DALLAS MORNING NEWS -- ".. we are more disturbed by a comparatively underexamined Kerry tale from his four-month tour in Vietnam: "Christmas in Cambodia." Here's what Mr. Kerry said in 1979: "I remember spending Christmas Eve of 1968 five miles across the Cambodian border being shot at by our South Vietnamese allies. ... 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." In 1986, Sen. Kerry said that experience was "seared" into him and led him to oppose contra aid. He has repeated the story more recently.

Trouble is, Mr. Kerry was almost certainly not in Cambodia that Christmas (neither, by the way, was Mr. Nixon in the White House). Even Douglas Brinkley, Mr. Kerry's friendly biographer, says that the candidate wasn't in Cambodia at the time. And the Kerry campaign has backed away from the story.

Why does this matter? Because it speaks more clearly to the real issue: Has Mr. Kerry puffed his wartime experience for political gain? If so, that should inform voters' judgment."

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