Another Faux Vietnam Vet

The latest is Richard Blumenthal, a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Connecticutt. According to the Grey Lady, he claims he was in Vietnam, but was never there. Chalk up another one in the tradition of Tom Harkin and John Kerry with his Cambodia yarns.

Apparently Blumenthal laid it on pretty thick with lines like,

I served during the Vietnam era. I remember the taunts, the insults, sometimes even physical abuse.

I doubt he would have really experienced any of that even if he actually had been in Vietnam. If anecdotal evidence is any indication, I never experienced anything like it when I came back, nor did I ever hear any of my fellow soldiers complain of anything of the sort. Perhaps there were some isolated incidents, but I suspect the notion that we were all subjected to such widespread abuse is an historical myth.