No,I was not, but that is hardly the point. The fact that
a few were spat upon does not justify the point that
spitting upon people is JUSTIFIED - especially after 35+
years. Is this the way we choose to communicate with
people with whom we disagree? If so, we are guilty of a
moral equivalence that does us no justice. Besides, I
hope you are not falling into the trap that Viet Nam was
somehow a moral crusade that is finally being "justified"
-- please don't fall into that trap. That's all our
opponents need!
Go to a biker rally and meet some Vietnam vets and listen to their stories about how Hanoi Jane personally affected them. You will find out that many have endured years of the "Hanoi Jane scourge" regardless of of whether or not the were physically spat upon.
Idiots like Hanoi Jane and her boy, Traitor Kerry, thought they had slid past the radar, but both are finding out that they were: "WRONG THEN, and WRONG STILL TODAY".
North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam and imposed a Communist dictatorship, which still exists today. What we did in Vietnam was far more moral than what the Communists did and are still doing today.
Vietnam was part of our containment policy. Ultimately, that policy worked with the fall of the Soviet Union and the liberation of Eastern Europe. The sacrifice that we made in Vietnam demonstrated our resolve. Unfortunately, Fonda, Kerry, Cronkite, et. al., defeated us at home, which the Communists could not do on the battlefield. Is Vietnam better off under Communism?
By your comments, you probably are not old enough to remember what Fonda did or you are not a veteran of that war. Save your pontificating for the uninformed.