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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Centrally? No. Rhetorically, the fact that it was Christmas gave it added punch, but that's all. It was a story about the irony of fighting in Cambodia when the official position of our government was that we weren't there, not a story about the irony of fighting in Cambodia on the anniversary of the day that the son of God was born in a manger.
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And he had no story unless he could say "I, too, was unjustly made to fight in Cambodia." His point was that his government was dishonorable for sending him to Cambodia in circumstances where it would disavow his presence in Cambodia. Sort of takes a hit when combined with "oh, sorry, I wasn't in Cambodia."
