Imagine its the Battle of the Bulge and Betty Grable is up on top of a German tank saying the Yanks are fighting an evil war. Its not a preposterous analogynot as far as the soldiers involved are concerned. That begs the question, responsible for what? On a hot, stickyMay afternoon in 1970,a crowd of several thousand students and protesterstook over the University of Maryland mall. Ms. Fonda only met with those POW's who had sold out their fellow POW's, who willingly (without torture) made propaganda statements for their captors, and who enjoyed privileges of medical care, food, and even night-time excursions into Hanoi to watch movies in return. Then Dr. Spock attacked the Vietnam draft. MacArthur publicly insisted upon victory, infuriating the international banks. Andrea Tantaros, former co-host of "The Five," filed a lawsuit saying that Fox News operated like a "sex-fueled, Playboy-Mansion-like cult.". She posed on an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down our American pilots. Hows this for a story? AND Fonda moves down the line, greeting each man with encouragements like Arent you ashamed you killed babies? as she shakes his hand. Johnson solemnly announced that "Communist aggression must be stopped as a threat to American security!" An analogy: I'm more upset by somebody coming into my house and stealing from me than I am by a tax increase, or even by government malfeasance. There is no doubt these treasonous no-win US wars were meant to disillusion the American nation into accepting loss of sovereignty and one world government." Why? Did Jane Fonda Really Apologize for Vietnam? Oliver North Weighs In I dug in my heels. Its going to look like I was trying to shoot down U.S. planes! HANNITY: All right. Kelly was defending herself after Fonda said over the weekend that the question was so inappropriate and that Kelly is not that good an interviewer.. Mao Tse-Tung, of "Little Red Book" fame, and darling of the New York-Hollywood "elite", then proceeded to murder 65 million of his countrymen in what David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski call "a glorious revolution." Bates. Thank you, sir. . She called our POWs hypocrites and liars and referred to their torture as understandable. CHRIS You know, we can we can scare her, and boy did they try? I went to a session at the 2003 Peace History Society Conference in Mt. The U.S. government secretly abets communism around the globe, then sends in the American military to "contain the communist menace". Jane Fonda in North Vietnam - Wellesley College Here it is. But it wasnt untilshe traveled to Hanoi in July 1972 that she really enraged criticsand fundamentally altered how the world viewed her for decades to come. She went to tour the countrys dike system, which was rumored to have been intentionally bombed by American forces something the U.S. government to this day forcefully denies. re: Jane Fonda visiting BR this weekend Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:43 am to Chipand2Putts. They realized that the war was wrong, that we werent wanted there. For a great many people, its not enough that Jane Fonda went to North Vietnam, offered encouragement to an army that was daily killing her countrymen, climbed up on that anti-aircraft gun, insisted that all American prisoners were well treated, and so on. But Jane Fonda: Cancel my subscription! Megyn Kelly ended her 12-year run with Fox News in early 2017 in exchange for a weekday show at NBC. "War Stories," Colonel, we'll be watching this Sunday, 8 p.m. as usual. And I didnt even think and they sang me a song and Im made me laugh. Jane Fonda remains unforgiven. Heres her explanation, from 2011: I had decided to do the broadcasts because I was so horrified by the bombing of civilian targets and I wanted to speak to U.S. pilots as I had done on so many occasions during my visits to U.S. military bases and at G.I. I spent many years its when I made coming home talking to American soldiers, who had been in Vietnam and the things they told me were heartbreaking. This weekend's special I mean, this is very moving. Her name was Jane Fonda. The "New World Order" of the capitalists and the communists is not "Jewish", sir. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. During her two-week stay, Fonda concluded that America Fonda was accused of engaging in war crimes on behalf of the North Vietnamese. During the photo sessions during her visit to Vietnam, she strongly believed were setups and a grave mistake on her part. Many Americans traveled to Radio broadcasts, which attempted to shame American troops: Fonda did record messages that the North Vietnamese played for Americans to weaken their resolve. Jane Fonda Why has no one been hanged for high treason? Thats all the ground troops were going home. Fonda moves down the line, greeting each man with encouragements like Arent you ashamed you killed babies? as she shakes his hand. Jane Fonda Its folklore, but folklore of a curiously evolved sort. [5]http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp; http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa110399b.htm; http://www.truthminers.com/truth/hanoi_jane.htm; cited on November 24, 2004. Joining us now is the host of "War Stories," who fought in Vietnam, Colonel Oliver North is with us. Even she had to apologize years later for that gun picture, but not for the rest of it. The alleged mission was to prevent communism from spreading to South Korea, a peninsula pointed at now disarmed Japan. Her attackers renewed an old strike against the image of an actress who grew up as the daughter of the All-American Henry Fonda, yet became synonymous with the various rebellions of the Sixties. But because of the nature of Vietnam, McNamara said to me, if wed known what we know now it would have we should not have gone out. This is and now she's apologizing on a book tour. No license is granted to the user of this material except for the user's personal or internal use and, in such case, only one copy may be printed, nor shall user use any material for commercial purposes or in any fashion that may infringe upon Fox News Network, L.L.C. But when you know why you did something, and youre willing to admit the mistakes that you made, but stand up for the things that you did that that mattered? "Happening Now" anchor Jenna Lee announced that she was leaving the Fox Newsafter working there for 10 years. Have a tip or story idea? The Veterans of Foreign Wars passed a resolution calling for her to be prosecuted as a traitor. 5:15 After numerous apologies over four decades, its time to let Hanoi Jane Fonda off the hook for Vietnam. I got the main point across. ET! But the reality of it is, Alan, this is a woman,who I quite frankly feel sorry for. During her two-week stay, Fonda concluded that America was unjustly bombing farmland and areas far flung from military targets. If even one of them were true, it would change the entire focus of my article. This article was published more than4 years ago. quote: Fonda was a political activist in the counterculture era during the She said It is possible it was a setup, I will never know. However, the fact that she advocated Communism does not give anyone license to make up stories or slander. However, the allegation that she abused American POWs is not true. Hundreds of Americans had gone to North Vietnam, journalists diplomats, our Secretary of State Ramsey Clark, Vietnam veterans, but I said but a movie star hasnt gone and maybe if I go it will draw more attention, and thats what it did. Id been getting pretty sour about the incensed patriots who would curse me and my family and confidently speak on behalf of all veterans living and dead, and the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress, to declare I was a disgrace to America for running that storythen conclude by smugly assuring me they would never read it. It evidently didnt. These horrendous claims went around the nation on the Internet, resulting in a great deal of anger and consternation among veterans. It meant re-taking the same bloody ground over and over again. In replying, I discovered that the Good Book notwithstanding, a soft answer turneth away wrath no more than zo percent of the time. Lets break down her remarks. As I tell my students when we discuss the proper use of testimony, we probably ought not to listen to Jane Fonda on things dealing with foreign affairs but if our goal is to rid our aging bodies from the ravages of cellulite then Fonda can be considered an authority! So I feel that well If I did was good, except that I shouldnt have set gone out to a military place. Nobody remembers, nobody cares. Even so, the main focus of my essay was whether Jane Fonda participated in war crimes, not whether she was morally culpable for her part as an apologist for the mistreatment of POW's (she was). I should have been clearer that my anger back then was at the Nixon Administration. Her suit was later settled for a reported $20 million. Jane Fonda and the Vietnam War. Have a tip we should know? One showed her applauding North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gunners. Even Trotsky, whose philosophy I do not advocate, could see this relationship between the capitalists and the communists clearly (hypocritically denouncing it, since he went along with it). It wasnt firing at the time, and Fonda said in 2011 she hardly even thought about where I was sitting and that itis possible that it was a set up, that the Vietnamese had it all planned.. CNN anchorChris Wallace grilled Hollywood legend and activist Jane Fonda over her controversial visit to North Vietnam that caused millions to dub her Hanoi Jane, and got a full spectrum response on the subject. And its about a woman who had a capacity for reinvention that, like Jay Gatsbys, was the more effective for her whole-souled belief in what she devised. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, I mean, the reality of it is that's not an apology. Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time. I mean, the reality is, there were 24,000 American troops on the ground in South Vietnam. So setting aside the issue of whether plastic surgery has anything to do with Vietnam, is Kelly right about Fondas record? Youre gonna come through it, okay. Putnams Sons. She said: I have very few regrets. I get up, and as I start to walk back to the car with the translator, the implication of what has just happened hits me. Jane Fonda tested the limits of patriotic dissent. Outspoken host Elisabeth Hasselbeck left "The View" to join "Fox & Friends" in 2013, which she exited at the end of 2015. And you were photographed sitting on an anti aircraft gun. A new HBO documentary on Fondas life, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, explores the fallout for the actress, who is now 80. Joe? CHRIS WALLACE: Who the people in the Nixon administration? WebDaughter of legendary Henry Fonda, actress, and activist was one of the most outspoken people against the Vietnam War at the age of 34. So did Joan Baez and William Sloane Coffin, Noam Chomsky and Pete Seeger, Rennie Davis and Judy Collins.