"Nightline" Spin? Try Pinwheel

Thomas Sowell has a neat little column which asks a few pointed questions about Teddy Koppel's jaunt to Viet Nam in order to "find the truth" about Kerry's claims.

I know that this is gonna just shock and stun you, but I have a couple of questions of my own about this whole thing.

Doesn't it strike you as a touch odd that the government of Viet Nam could locate people who were on the ground at a village that was deserted?

And how would these eye witnesses know the difference between one white Navy asshole from another without a score card? Oh, yeah - his photo is in the Communist Hall of Fame, isn't it?

Lt Kerry was In Country from November 1968 to March 1969. Yet the Viet Cong, while they still existed to some degree, were pretty much a spent force after the "Tet Offensive" of 1968. Are these Vietnamese who were paraded out for Koppel supposed to be civilians, Viet Cong or North Viet Namese Regulars? I didn't see the show so I don't know.

Enough of my blithering - go read Mr. Sowell's article. You'll be a better person for it.