Jane
Fonda - American Traitor
Jane Fonda - "I would think that if you understood what communism was
you would hope, you would pray on your knees,
that we would someday become communists." - Detroit Free Press of
November 22, 1970
Jane Fonda seated at anti-aircraft gun in North Vietnam, July 1972.
These guns were used to shoot down
American airplanes and to kill American pilots and aircrew.
This photo shows Jane
Fonda with about 12-13 Vietnamese, probably the regular gun crew
surrounded by photographers and reporters and bystanders from the
People's Army of Vietnam. Three bystanders are in civilian dress. The
photograph was taken during Fonda's trip to Vietnam with Tom Hayden.
During her visit Fonda spoke on Radio Hanoi and American POW were
forced to listen. Fonda and Hayden married and had one child,
Troi (the actor Troy Garrity) named after a Vietnamese.
Jane Fonda holding bomblet from a Rockeye Cluster Bomb Unit.
Date and location of photo is unknown, although demonstrators carrying
signs can be seen in the background
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July 1972 , Jane applauds North Vietnamese soldiers manning
an antiaircraft gun used to shoot U.S. pilots
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Jane Fonda in North Vietnam behind the sights of anti-aircraft gun
which was used to shoot American pilots
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Another view of Jane Fonda sitting on the communist anti-aircraft gun
Nihon Denpa News, 1972.
In her book, My Life So Far, Fonda captions the same scene in an
AP/Wide World photo with; "I am standing next to the antiaircraft gun,
singing a Vietnamese song back to the soldiers right before I sit in
the gun's seat." |
Jane Fonda,
while addressing a roundtable sponsored by the U.N. Population Fund,
April 15, 1998
"It's
what makes working in Georgia very interesting, because we are, in some
ways, like some developing countries. -- "There is a lot of rural
poverty. In the northern part of Georgia, children are starving to
death. People live in tar-paper shacks with no indoor plumbing, and so
forth. -- "I love Georgia. I'm proud to be living there, and that's the
truth...But we have very special problems"
The
Apology?
In
1988, some 16 years after her 1972 tour of Hanoi when she made her
famous
radio broadcast and had her picture taken behind the same anti-
aircraft guns that were shooting down US pilots, Jane Fonda appeard on
20/20 and was interviewed by Barbara Walters.
Two versions of this interview exist, one an actual
transcript, the other a press release.
< style="font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">The transcript reads:
Barbara Walters: "There are still people who . . . I guess feel you
have never apologized.Would you like to just say something to them now?"
< style="font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Jane
Fonda:"Well
. . . it's not . . . I would like to say something not just to . . .
the Vietnam veterans . . . in New England . . . but . . . to . . . to
men who were in Vietnam who . . . who I hurt . . . or who's pain I
caused to . . . deepen because of things I said . . . or did . . . I .
. . I feel that I owe them an apology . . . my intentions were never to
hurt them . . . or to make their situation worse, it was . . . it was
the contrary . . . I was trying to help end the war . . . but there
were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and I . . . and
I am very sorry . . . that I hurt them . . . and I want to apologize to
them and to their families . . . ."
This was released to the media as:
I
would like to say something, not just to Vietnam veterans in New
England, but to men who were in Vietnam, who I hurt, or whose pain I
caused to deepen because of things that I said or did," Fonda said.
"I was
trying to help end the killing and the war,
but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and
I'm . . . very sorry that I hurt them. And I want to apologize to them
and their families."
In
both versions, there is a direct reference to the veterans in New
England and this points to the reason for the timing of the apology.
At
the time, Fonda was filming "Stanley and Iris" on location in a number
of blue-collar New England towns. Production on the movie was being
severely disrupted by protesting veterans and this was causing a
serious problem for the film. Fonda decided that something had to be
done, so she went on 20/20.
The
difficulty still remaining for many vets is the nagging doubts about
the apology. Was it a sincere effort to atone for a now recognized
hurt, or was it merely a cynical attempt to solve crippling production
delays? The timing of the apology allows for the inference of a
self-serving motivation. Ms. Fonda had 16 years to consider the results
of her actions. On the other hand, perhaps the protests themselves made
her more aware of how deeply many veterans resented her actions in 1972.
Only Jane Fonda
knows for sure.
ACROSS
AMERICA HONORING A
TRAITOR:
This is for all the kids born in the 70's that do not remember this,
and
didn't have to bear the burden, that our fathers, mothers, and older
brothers
and sisters had to bear. Jane Fonda is being honored as one of
the "100
Women of the Century." Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still
countless
others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea
of our country but specific men who served and sacrificed during
Vietnam.
This does not
exemplify someone who should
be honored as part of "100 Years of Great Women." Lest we forget..."100
years of great women" should never include a traitor whose hands are
covered
with the blood of so many patriots. There are few things I have
strong
visceral reactions to, but Hanoi Jane's participation in blatant
treason,
is one of them.
Please
take the time to forward to as
many
people as you possibly can. It will eventually end up on her computer
and
she needs to know that we will never forget.
Jane Fonda and a fat cigarette at St. Tropez, 1964
Jane Fonda mug shot Nov. 3, 1970 Jane was arrested in November 1970
at Cleveland Airport for drug smuggling and disturbing the peace.
Charges later dismissed. Diet pills? Vitamins? Dope?
Read
Jane Fonda's Famous Speech as Broadcast by Radio Hanoi
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