“I’m an internationalist,” Kerry told The Crimson in 1970. “I’d like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.”
Old Crimson Interview Reveals A More Radical John Kerry
The Crimson reported Kerry called for U.N.
control of troops in 1970
Ten months after returning home from Vietnam, a young John Kerry strolled into the offices of The Harvard Crimson on Feb. 13, 1970 as an obscure underdog in the Democratic Congressional primary.
The decorated veteran, honorably discharged after a tour of duty in the Mekong Delta, spoke in fierce terms during his daylong interview with The Crimson’s Samuel Z. Goldhaber ’72.
But almost 34 years later, Kerry’s remarks on American military and intelligence operations vastly diverge from opinions expressed by the present-day Sen. John F. Kerry, D.-Mass., the leading candidate in the Democratic primary for president.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/2/11/old-crimson-interview-reveals-a-more/
tour of duty?....I spent more time in the sh**house than the 47 days this actor spent in country...16 days to process in..(31)...at least 7 days recoup after wounds.(24).......(one that included band aid removal....and at least 3 to process out.....21 days..TOUR MY ASS!