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To: longnshort who wrote (14323)	8/25/2004 1:45:01 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

There would not be maps or info about special ops generally available to other skippers that were not directly involved. Orca

To: longnshort who wrote (14323)	8/25/2004 3:27:26 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Mr. Regelin also dismissed the possibility that Mr. Kerry's boat could have wandered into Cambodia by accident: "The claim that there were so many rivers and canals, and that no one knew where they were, is ludicrous. Moreover, an accidental incursion into Cambodia would not be supportive of Kerry's view of reality. If you believe Kerry, the Cambodia experience was a turning point for him. The event was central to his later POV about the war and his country. He claimed repeatedly to have been in Cambodia on orders from his government, and that Nixon (who we know was not president) was denying the fact that Americans were in Cambodia. It was this, along with allegely being shot at by Khmer Rouge, Viet Cong and/or ARVN soldiers (the latter our allies) that caused the event to be seared...seared, in Kerry's mind. An accidental entry into Cambodia would not suffice to support this mythical image he created for himself. If he had accidentally strayed across the border, the elaborate fiction Kerry created for himself and to present to the world would have been questionable, at best. To work, his story had to be that he was in Cambodia on an official mission, sent by his government.