Posted on 07/22/2011 11:01:03 PM PDT by Keltik
It is unconscionable that extremist groups circulate letters which accuse me of horrific things, saying that I am a traitor, that POWs in Hanoi were tied up and in chains and marched passed me while I spat at them and called them ‘baby killers. These letters also say that when the POWs were brought into the room for a meeting I had with them, we shook hands and they passed me tiny slips of paper on which they had written their social security numbers. Supposedly, this was so that I could bring back proof to the U.S. military that they were alive. The story goes on to say that I handed these slips of paper over to the North Vietnamese guards and, as a result, at least one of the men was tortured to death.
That these stories could be given credence shows how little people know of the realities in North Vietnam prisons at the time. The U.S. government and the POW families didn’t need me to tell them who the prisoners were. They had all their names. Moreover, according to even the most hardcore senior officers, torture stopped late in 1969, two and a half years before I got there. And, most importantly, I would never say such things to our servicemen, whom I respect, whether or not I agree with the mission they have been sent to perform, which is not of their choosing.
But these lies have circulated for almost forty years, continually reopening the wound of the Vietnam War and causing pain to families of American servicemen. The lies distort the truth of why I went to North Vietnam and they perpetuate the myth that being anti-war means being anti-soldier.
(Excerpt) Read more at janefonda.com ...
Torture stopped in late 1969? Did she ask John McCain about the truth of this?
http://www.biography.com/articles/John-McCain-9542249
Poor, poor Hanoi Jane.
She’s not sorry for what she did. She’s sorry people still remember it, and are holding he accountable for her actions.
You people need to quit remembering, so she can revise history...
Unreal...
Her latest excuses are not apologies in any way, shape or form...
...I see no heart change.....no expression of true remorse....nothing.
Well I just signed up for janefonda.com and tried to leave a comment. I have attempted to word it in such a way that it might get posted, but we’ll see.
I was just a little girl during the Vietnam War, but I remember it very well playing out on the television during the evening news. As kids, we were so gullible to all that anti-war crap that the media was spitting out in the late 1960’s early 1970’s. I was an adult before I realized just how much of the anti-war movement was a liberal media creation.
Yes, let’s have it taken down. B/C we never expose communist/progressives and their agendas on FR. Meh.
Sign me up for the firing squad she so richly deserves.
Liar.
Communist scum.
Traitor.
If you just did it...it will appear at the top of the queue.
When Fonda is finally put 6 feet under, the local 7-11 will run short of Bud sixpacks.
Didn't think of a terminal disease. I thought it might be because all of
her hippie and liberal fan base has O.D., smoked themselves into
oblivion, or have other concerns than paying for her wares.
In other words, the anti-Hanoi Jane base is an untapped market for her.
This is so typical of the unapologetic apology. "any pain I may have caused" is poppycock publicist word-parsing that does not signify remorse or culpability. It is synonymous with "I'm sorry if I said or did something that may have upset someone." Empty words.
The truth is that she is a traitor. The only reason she isn’t treated as such is because we’ve grown soft as a nation and unfortunately, even more so than the 70s. We’ve also lost a strong association with our country’s ideals as we’ve denigrated conservatism and shunned integration.
Well stated, friend!
I love the target, have used them
Also from her site:
“In my anger at the torture story that was being allowed to spread, at how the entire situation was being manipulated, I made a mistake I deeply regret. I said that the POWs claiming torture were liars, hypocrites, and pawns.
I said, “I’m quite sure that there were incidents of torture…but the pilots who are saying it was the policy of the Vietnamese and that it was systematic, I believe that’s a lie.”[8]
What I didn’t know at the time was that although there had been no torture after 1969, before then there had been systematic torture of some POWS. One of the more hawkish of them, James Stockdale, wrote in his book, In Love and War, that no more than ten percent of the pilots received at least ninety percent of the punishment.[9] John Hubbell, in P.O.W.: A Definitive History of the American Prisoner-of-War Experience in Vietnam, agreed, and affirmed the fact that torture stopped in 1969.[10]
When the POWs came home, some who had been there longest told the press how they clogged up prison toilets and sewers, refused to come when ordered, or follow prison rules. One of the most famous, Jeremiah Denton, said, “We forced them [the guards] to be brutal to us.”[11] I relay this not to minimize the hardships that the POWs endured, nor to excuse it– but to attempt belatedly to restore a greater depth of insight into the entire POW experience with their captors
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Why those ungrateful POWs, clogging up the toilets, and all!
I’m sure this deceitful POS Fonda has rationalized her appalling behavior to her own narcissistic satisfaction.
“...but to attempt belatedly to restore a greater depth of insight into the entire POW experience with their captors”
Vomit - utter vomit. What an appalling human being she is!
I’ve noticed at her blog that only supporting replies are allowed. She’s still a coward.
I believe she, and others, spat on our troops although at the time I was too young and isolated on a rural farm to actually see any protests.
However, in my experience as an adult, and for the sin of holding a “We Support Our Troops” sign, I’ve been spat on, slugged in the face, been colorfully sworn at, and had garbage of all kinds thrown at me. The left hasn’t changed at all.
Believing the hippies did vile things in the 60’s and 70’s is not a far reach.
Jane Fonda likes it long and hard. Just ask the Vietnamese Army.
I have to agree with that. Trying to make her peace with God and the world before she kicks the bucket. Good one Jane-Ho.
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