I dont know what else to do. In July of 1972, she made two trips to Hanoi which earned her the nickname Hanoi Jane. She claimed she was sexually harassed by correspondent Brian Wilson and later spoke out against Fox News' culture after the Ailes scandal broke. After Fonda returned from hertrip, the State Department spoke out against her. CHRIS WALLACE: So when you say it was a terrible mistake. In July of 1972, she made two trips to 1990) Pages 121-123. There's no statute of limitations on it. A photograph caught her looking through the scope of an anti-aircraft gun, surrounded by revolutionaries. Each of them suggested that they had done at least one interview with Fonda, and individually they were looking into the historical accuracy behind the claims made about Fonda and why she became such a lighting rod for controversy. Bates. Imagine its the Battle of the Bulge and Betty Grable is up on top of a German tank saying the Yanks are fighting an evil war. Its not a preposterous analogynot as far as the soldiers involved are concerned. For the next severalyears, Fonda would continue as one of the most prominent public faces in the antiwar movement. That begs the question, responsible for what? The charges against Fonda went beyond the notion that she was an apologist for the mistreatment of American prisoners of war. On campus, she was pushing her movement to turn U.S. soldiers into pacifists. However, the fact that she advocated Communism does not give anyone license to make up stories or slander. Which goes to reinforce the old adage that no one is truly a waste of skin. And the more they tried, the more. During an interview with Barbara Walters 35 years ago, Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda apologized for being used as propaganda for North Vietnam when we were still fighting North Vietnam. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. MacArthur publicly insisted upon victory, infuriating the international banks. The one story that was true never touched the question of whether or not she directly participated in war crimes. I sang a song. If I was used, I allowed it to happen. There's nothing like a historian 'cherry-picking' his citations or only presenting a partial 'truth' from his source. The "New World Order" of the capitalists and the communists is not "Jewish", sir. Troop B, 2nd squadron, 17th Cavalry, RVN, 1969-70
WebNevertheless, there are Vietnam veterans out there who served in the war zone before 1969 who are convinced that Jane Fonda was in cahoots with the Commies during their own NORTH: Irrefutable for the three things she did, and I defined for you the rule, the actual constitutional language defining treason. She also spoke about her infamous protests. She has to be a murderess too. Ramsey Clark went to Hanoi during the war. ET! There was a real Colonel Carrigan, and he was a POW in Vietnam. The Veterans of Foreign Wars passed a resolution calling for her to be prosecuted as a traitor. Nobody remembers, nobody cares. We now see a pattern of sedition/treason. And you were photographed sitting on an anti aircraft gun. And four months later, the bombing stopped of the dikes. (Later, after 58,152 American dead were just names on a wall, declassified US Navy logs revealed there had been no torpedo attack!). And you were photographed sitting on an anti aircraft gun. 5:15 After numerous apologies over four decades, its time to let Hanoi Jane Fonda off the hook for Vietnam. In 1972, the Academy Award-winning actress and activist traveled to North Vietnam and was photographed laughing and clapping along with Vietnamese soldiers. Finally the brainwashed, confused, exhausted American public forced our government to surrender. Youre gonna come through it, okay. True. It has simply been repeated over and over again, without proof, and duplicated on a number of websites. Coffee houses. That's an apology. Legal Statement. Id been getting pretty sour about the incensed patriots who would curse me and my family and confidently speak on behalf of all veterans living and dead, and the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress, to declare I was a disgrace to America for running that storythen conclude by smugly assuring me they would never read it. Ive never really wanted to settle.. Fonda traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam, to protest the Vietnam War, but she did not do most of the things the post claims. Yet, despite treason in high places American troops - outnumbered ten-to-one - were winning the war. Joining us now is the host of "War Stories," who fought in Vietnam, Colonel Oliver North is with us. I think so, and I would hope that all Americans will at least speak their minds at the movie box office and refuse to further enrich one of the greatest American traitors. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Jane Fonda says she is sorry for some of her actions during the Vietnam War.
There's no denying that she defamed POWs by whitewashing the Viet Cong's treatment of them and later calling them liars when they spoke out." CHRIS WALLACE: When you got that nickname Hanoi Jane, how did you feel at the time? Her visit actually took place in 1972. Outside of herself, she was manipulated by the experts in the Communist government who are masters in the art of propaganda. Otherwise, she wouldn't touch a weapon if she was genuinely anti-war. The reason Jane Fonda went to Vietnam was not wrong as Mr. Sollinger put it but the way she behaved while in Vietnam was unappropriate. You will not be surprised to hear that I have bowdlerised the above considerably, removing racial designators and course expressions of various sorts. This, probably more than anything, earned her the nickname Hanoi Jane.. I get up, and as I start to walk back to the car with the translator, the implication of what has just happened hits me. In her 2005 memoir, My Life So Far, Fonda wrote of the infamous photo this way: Still,for some veterans, no apology from Fonda will ever change their views of her as an adversaryof America and the troops during wartime. During the visit she posed for several pictures. NORTH: In fact refused to apologize for the POW meeting, which was tantamount to, basically torture.
Here is my best, honest recollection of what took place. I plead with him, You have to be sure those photographs are not published. Read on. Jane Fonda sparked outrage among war veterans when she was pictured sitting on an anti-aircraft gun in 1972 during the Vietnam War, earning her the nickname Hanoi Jane. MacArthur asked Truman to permit Chiang Kai-Shek's troops to fight with Americans against the Red Chinese. So did Joan Baez and William Sloane Coffin, Noam Chomsky and Pete Seeger, Rennie Davis and Judy Collins. He collects a group of American POWs from their septic dungeons, cleans them up, and has them mustered on parade to show his guest how well his embattled nation treats its prisoners. All rights reserved. And I was I was like a limp noodle what I had experienced and what I had seen, I just I wasnt able to resist, they said were gonna take you out here today. Sadly, the Founders also mixed a great deal of Greco-Roman Humanism with this heritage, allowing room for much of what you decry. I think that this is rather odd. For a great many people, its not enough that Jane Fonda went to North Vietnam, offered encouragement to an army that was daily killing her countrymen, climbed up on that anti-aircraft gun, insisted that all American prisoners were well treated, and so on. Those words were written by Michael Benge, a civilian advisor captured by the Viet Cong in 1968 and held as a POW for 5 years. JANE FONDA: it was a mistake to go, I never wanted to go to any military installations. Four die; one, Col. Larry Carrigan, survivesjust barely, but it is he who tells about the incident. Johnson solemnly announced that "Communist aggression must be stopped as a threat to American security!" Hardly misdirected anger, Jane Fonda really was merely a silly and shallow child of privilege who allowed herself to be used for propaganda. Thats what made me laugh. Free shipping for many products! Meanwhile the mass media suddenly reversed its pro-war policy: denying our beleaguered troops moral support from home. Bates (private citizen), What do all you old sober sides make of this thesis? I have had my say. CHRIS WALLACE: Your most famous protest was 50 years ago when you went to North Vietnam at the height of the war there. These horrendous claims went around the nation on the Internet, resulting in a great deal of anger and consternation among veterans. But now, very quickly, treason is the only crime defined in our Constitution. Over the years, as Fonda reinvented herself as a fitness maven and again a movie star, she apologized many times for the antiaircraft gunphoto. She went to tour the countrys dike system, which was rumored to have been intentionally bombed by American forces something the U.S. government to this day forcefully denies. We're going to take them out. Its something very like the worst sort of lovers betrayal, the deep wound that time itself often is powerless to heal. Thus, Europe, Russia, China, Korea, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, the Middle East were turned into killing grounds, and their existing governments destroyed. But Jane Fonda: Cancel my subscription!, In replying, I discovered that the Good Book notwithstanding, a soft answer turneth away wrath no more than zo percent of the time. She was a symbol of a divided nation. In 1972, Fonda toured North Vietnam, where she spoke against U.S. military policy in the country. Why has no one been hanged for high treason? Aristide was an ENEMY of Communism, hence his downfall. The Washington Post spent that day with Fonda, following her and a dozen or so students to Fort Meade in Maryland, where they planned to hand out antiwar leaflets to soldiers. I would like to hear more about this. William Burkhead, a Democrat from Anne Arundel, said, I wouldnt want to kill her, but I wouldnt mind if you cut her tongue off, according to a Post story. Richard Morgan,
Whether Fonda wanted to shame troops is subjective. wars the intention of which is not to win but to bleed) is quite plausible. But it wasnt untilshe traveled to Hanoi in July 1972 that she really enraged criticsand fundamentally altered how the world viewed her for decades to come. Chiang refused to be extorted, citing his revulsion of the international banking cartel. And its about a woman who had a capacity for reinvention that, like Jay Gatsbys, was the more effective for her whole-souled belief in what she devised. For a great many people, its not enough that Jane Fonda went to North Vietnam, offered encouragement to an army that was daily killing her countrymen, climbed up on that anti-aircraft gun, insisted that all American prisoners were well treated, and so on. She apologized for being on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun site. re: Jane Fonda visiting BR this weekend Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:43 am to Chipand2Putts. You have "War Stories" coming up. Fonda consorted with the enemy and made propaganda broadcasts on their behalf. _taboola.push({ During the photo sessions during her visit to Vietnam, she strongly believed were setups and a grave mistake on her part. Her suit was later settled for a reported $20 million. and how good she feels in her 70s. Youre gonna come through it, okay. Though Fonda has been an activist throughout her life, the only other time she has spent the night in jail was in 1970, when she was 32, on a speaking tour protesting the Vietnam War. As I tell my students when we discuss the proper use of testimony, we probably ought not to listen to Jane Fonda on things dealing with foreign affairs but if our goal is to rid our aging bodies from the ravages of cellulite then Fonda can be considered an authority! I mean, that's like the bank robber saying, "I'm sorry I got caught.". HANNITY: All right. The financial elite then move into the vacuum, establish central banks, and issue debt-credit to the devastated populations. And you know, maybe I was set up but I was an adult, its Im gonna take responsibility for it. Jane Fonda remains unforgiven. Support with a donation>>. NORTH: The real story about Vietnam. "Claim: POWs were beaten for refusing to cooperate or meet with Fonda during her visit. But because of the nature of Vietnam, McNamara said to me, if wed known what we know now it would have we should not have gone out. It never happened. Please, you cant let them be published. I did not know then. Alisyn Camerota hosted a number of Fox News programs during a 16-year run that ended in 2014. This thread gives me a great chance to ask veterans a question that has always bothered me. Just before that experience, she said the words that continued to play through her head were: All men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. T. Jefferson. Why? And, as she does, each POW palms her a scrap of paper with his Social Security number written on it. Id been getting pretty sour about the incensed patriots who would curse me and my family and confidently speak on behalf of all veterans living and dead, and the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress, to declare I was a disgrace to America for running that storythen conclude by smugly assuring me they would never read it. She said: I have very few regrets. The POWs who were there have denied that this ever occurred. In fact, when the Tet Offensive broke, Jane Fonda was the featured pinup girl in that months issue of Leatherneck , the official publication of the Marines. And its about a woman who had a capacity for reinvention that, like Jay Gatsbys, was the more effective for her whole-souled belief in what she devised. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Email us. I mean, he realized that. The cameras flash. But the action that still enrages veterans most was that photograph of her with North Vietnamese troops onan antiaircraft gunthat would have been used to shoot down American planes. The actual allegation took the form of an email citing the alleged experiences of a number of Viet Nam War veterans at the hands of Jane Fonda. I think you'll find that those are things on a more personal level than stupdities and worse committed by LBJ, Congress, and Nixon. It wasnt firing at the time, and Fonda said in 2011 she hardly even thought about where I was sitting and that itis possible that it was a set up, that the Vietnamese had it all planned.. officer gets an idea. I mean, it depends on what you want to know. Putnams Sons. Dr. Rockefeller certainly did not defend Communism as a "Jewish" system, since it is the Hebrew Bible that was the basis of our Common Law, and hence much of our Constitutional Order. I mean, you know, of all manner of slings and arrows were thrown my way. I appealed to them to please consider what you are doing. They hadnt been able to vote on the virtues of the conflict, and they found themselves in mortal peril in the midst of an ugly, painful ordeal that a lot of vocal people back home thought was a criminal enterprise. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, I am trying to show up now.. Even she had to apologize years later for that gun picture, but not for the rest of it. Fonda shakes the last hand, then turns to the officer and gives him the fistful of messages. I suppose that since I am never really planned to be an Intern next semester (not in a full time sense, save as a researcher), and since my term is essentially over, I can join the conversation as Joe Public.