Mr. Smith:

No, the correct formulation was that he was either in Cambodia or he wasn’t. Near Cambodia is the exact opposite in in Cambodia, i.e., he was in Vietnam. There is nothing secret about being near Cambodia, nor was illegal or part of a conspiracy to be in Cambodia. Equating near with in is more the sophistry it is idiocy. By your logic I was “in” North Korea last February because I was near North Korea in February. You know can’t trust those official travel records.

John Kerry used the ìinî formulation in speech giving support to an anti-Semitic, Communist dictator on the Senate floor. He added it to his narrative to show how was as opposed to Reaganís ìsecret warî against a communist dictator in 1986 as he was to Nixonís secret war against a communist regime in 1968. Oops, Nixon wasnít President in 68 was he?