Kerry On After Action Reports

Hat tip to the Corner for this Tim Graham post on a story at CNSNews.com. It is a beautiful post because it helps solidify the possibility that Kerry's war record is a bit padded. Kerry, in his own words:

Sen. Symington asked Kerry, "Mr. Kerry, from your experience in Vietnam do you think it is possible for the President or Congress to get accurate and undistorted information through official military channels?"

Kerry responded, "I had direct experience with that. Senator, I had direct experience with that and I can recall often sending in the spot reports which we made after each mission; and including the GDA, gunfire damage assessments, in which we would say, maybe 15 sampans sunk or whatever it was. And I often read about my own missions in the Stars and Stripes and the very mission we had been on had been doubled in figures and tripled in figures.

AND...

"I also think men in the military, sir, as do men in many other things, have a tendency to report what they want to report and see what they want to see."

I'm seeing a big picture when it comes to Kerry's war record. Anyone else?