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.
What I find truly amazing is that many here think if the NYslimes or the WaComPost prints a story it is legit, but Newsmax isn't. *shaking head*
RVN Vet 70-71
Steady there "Recovering Ex-hippie" everything is okay. This is not a flash back...just a re-enactment. You are fine, don't panic.
Loved your spot on post!! ;*)
Those lessons were that Jane Fonda was a traitor and should be tried.
Well, no, it seems to be a real statement. It is kind of hard to believe, even from her.
Yes Jane we did learn the lessons of Vietnam. When you pull out without achieving victory, millions die, as did happen in Cambodia.
I pray every day that God allows me to out live Jihadi Jane...
I will sit in a line all night long drinkin beer and wait my turn......
One low life bitch....
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What a fruit loop.
Hey Jane, a soldier's job is to kill people and break things!
"We have not learned the lessons of Vietnam," she declared.
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"Those lessons were that Jane Fonda was a traitor and should be tried."
There were more lessons of Vietnam also, that the majority dare not remain silent.
So, Jane is nothing but wrong... and a 'left behind".
Bump,
Jaen Fonda is a killing machine.
Hanoi Jane should have been hanged for treason years ago - from the same gallows as the Berrigans, Joan Baez, et al.
Where have I heard this before from Fonda?
The more things change the more they stay the same.
"F" you Hanoi Jane .. and your little brother John too.
Could this woman be any stupider? Of course they are killing machines. They are trained to kill an armed enemy. What does she expect in war? If anything, the war in Iraq has been marked by an amazing low rate of atrocities committed against non-combatants.
Jane Fondue's ignorance and detachment from reality is just staggering. She should do some honest-to-goodness research into the Civil War some day and really educate herself about the realities of war and history.
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