bigguns7 said:
Ryan,
I think that we are arguing two issues here. Do I hate Jane Fonda for opposing the war in Vietnam, even speaking out nationally about it? No. I do, however have complete disdain for the fact that she actively took part in concealing the torture and killing that the Vietnamese were inflicting upon POW's. I firmly believe that hundreds of POW's would have come home years earlier if not for the efforts of Hanoi Jane.
I don't necessarily agree in our involvment in Vietnam, but I think that Jane Fonda is just as guilty of war crimes as the officers of the Viet Kong. Draft dodgers did nothing to further the suffering and death of American soldiers, doctors, nurses, priests, and missionaries. That is where the difference lies, and that is way Jane Fonda is one of the most dispicable Americans I have ever seen.
Bigguns--
The story is false. While Ms. Fonda did indeed go to Vietnam she is not responsible for any deaths by handing ANYTHING over to the Vietnamese. I found several accounts on the internet refuting this outrageous story circulating, and further, where is the proof? Remember, innocent until proven guilty is an American hallmark.....This is only an extremist plot to destroy Ms. Fonda's restored reputation.
Ryan.
Here is one account:
By David Emery
Email rumors blending fact and fiction about Jane Fonda's activities as an anti-war protester during the 1970s have reopened old wounds for Vietnam veterans and inspired a new round of recriminations for things the actress did long ago, and things she never did.
The rumors (see next page) center around Fonda's tour of North Vietnam in 1972, during which she cozied up to the enemy, posing for photo ops with communist troops and broadcasting anti-American propaganda over Radio Hanoi.
During the same trip she participated in a staged press conference with American POWs, the purpose of which was to demonstrate that they were not being mistreated by their captors. Years later when the released POWs described the torture and degradation they really did suffer at the hands of the North Vietnamese, Fonda called them "hypocrites and liars."
Those facts are not under dispute. Fonda's behavior at that time, considered treasonous by some, earned her the nickname "Hanoi Jane" among the veterans and POWs of the Vietnam War, some of whom hate her to this day.
Since the '70s Fonda has revamped her image several times over, rededicating herself to her acting career, becoming a fitness guru in the early '80s, and marrying billionaire Ted Turner in 1991. In 1988 she delivered a televised apology to Vietnam veterans and their families, a gesture that didn't mollify everyone but established some distance between the new Fonda and old Fonda, whose actions, she finally admitted, had been "thoughtless and careless."
As the '90s progressed Fonda's past was less frequently brought up as an issue and seemed to dwindle in importance – until this year, that is, when Barbara Walters chose to honor the actress in a TV special called "A Celebration: 100 Years of Great Women." The announcement of the program – which aired in April 1999 and did honor Jane Fonda – prompted an instant outcry from veterans and ex-POWs, many of whom vented their indignation via the Internet. Angry recriminations were posted in newsgroups, published in newsletters and on Web pages, and shared by email.
Apparently bits and pieces of these texts, along with a few shameless fabrications, were cobbled together by persons unknown to create the "Hanoi Jane" diatribe which still circulates today. Parts of it are true and parts of it are false.