Posted on 12/13/2005 9:23:22 PM PST by doesnt suffer fools gladly
Jane Fonda: U.S. Troops Are 'Killing Machines'
"Hanoi Jane" Fonda is claiming that ever since Vietnam, U.S. troops have been trained to commit atrocities against innocent civilians as a matter of military policy.
"Starting with the Vietnam War we began training soldiers differently," the anti-American actress says in an email to the Washington Post.
Fonda claims she learned of the policy switch in "secret meetings" she had with military psychologists "who were really worried about what was happening to our combat personnel."
One doctor, she insists, told her U.S. troops had been deliberately trained to be "killing machines."
"This began," Fonda maintained, "because the military discovered that in World War II and Korea, [U.S.] soldiers weren't killing enough."
"So they changed training procedures" to teach troops how to commit atrocities.
Still, the anti-war gadfly cautions, it's important not to blame the soldiers themselves for carrying out war crimes.
Recalling the "Winter Soldier" hearings that she and John Kerry staged in 1971, Fonda lamented: "When you put young people into an atrocity-producing situation where enemy and civilian are commingled, where the 'other side' is dehumanized, we cannot be surprised."
Anti-war vets now returning from Iraq, Fonda cautioned, should be listened to instead of being dismissed as "unpatriotic."
"We have not learned the lessons of Vietnam," she declared.
Sounds like I'm getting my money's worth. GO AIR FORCE!
She should have been charged with treason years ago.
To our enemies, you bet your ass lady....
to everyone else, no I don't think so....
The very fact that she can freely make this accusation shows it isn't true!
What...she wants 'Dying Machines?'
And take Hanoi John with her...
I must have been out sick that day.
Unless she meant Love Machine
True. But now, she should simply be committed.
Why is she not in leg irons.
Tell me why.
"Fonda claims she learned of the policy switch in 'secret meetings' she had with military psychologists"
Jane, Jane! These men in white coats were not "military psychologists". They were the doctors who were trying, in vain, to get you back from a bad LSD trip.
Can we be sure Jane Fonda ain't in the CIA's pay for blurting out stuff like this? This kinda talk can only make the US army (not 2 mention US marines) look ever tougher and meaner to the "insurgents", eh? And in that part of the world, still stuck in the 7th century, appearing more bloodthirsty wins you more respect ...(:D)
This wench doesn't know her arse from a hole in the ground.
Hey Barbarella, the idea is to make the other guy die for his country...get it?
Jane Fonda: U.S. Troops Are 'Killing Machines'
I never thought she'd compliment or Troops.
You certainly haven't.
Because Oprah and the NYT Bathhouse Boys run this country, thats why.
I think jaw irons would be more appropriate.
The next thing you know, she is going to claim to be a victim of CIA secret experiments.
She wants to show her true (blonde) self.
Duh!
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