pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

We’ll Never Forgive Traitorous 'Hanoi Jane'






Jane Fonda’s latest apology for her infamous trip to North Vietnam — which earned her the notorious name “Hanoi Jane” — is still too little, too late for many Americans who say they can never forgive the Academy Award-winning actress.

Newsmax readers flooded us with comments about Fonda’s recent appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Network in which she lamented: “I made one unforgivable mistake when I was in North Vietnam, and I will go to my grave with this.”

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“What a disgrace to our nation,” one doctor from Key Largo, Fla., told us. “She should be totally forgotten and never show her face in public again.”

Rex, from Orange, Texas, said: “I don't believe a word she says. She will always be Hanoi Jane as far as I am concerned.”

The 75-year-old star, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of a shaggy-haired hooker in “Klute,” was photographed smiling and singing with North Vietnamese soldiers as she sat on an anti-aircraft gun in 1972.

She told the program “Oprah’s Master Class” the event happened on the last day of her visit to the war-torn country when she tired. She also insisted the gun she was shown holding was not operable.

Not everybody believes that.

“Her story gets bigger and bigger,” Eugene from Greenacres, Fla., said. “Now the gun didn’t work. How would she know …”

Phyllis from Bridgewater, N.J., told us: “Jane Fonda is and always has been a spoiled, self-centered seeker of fame and adulation. She has never cared about anyone but herself — and [she] betrayed the men and women who fought and died for her comfort.”

Many Newsmax readers said Fonda, the daughter of Hollywood legend Henry Fonda and ex-wife of CNN founder Ted Turner, should still face charges for her alliance with North Vietnam.

“No more ‘song & dance’ with Hanoi Jane,” said Robert, from Beverly Hills, Fla. “She should be tried, convicted, and dealt with accordingly. The Germans learned that war crimes never expire.”

T.J. from Clovis, Calif., said “Ms. Fonda can say anything she likes NOW. If she thinks the passage of time will render her less odious to those of us who remember how she gave aid and comfort to the enemy, I say think again, Benedict Arnold Fonda!”

Several readers slammed Fonda for a widely-circulated rumor that she passed to the Viet Cong the Social Security numbers and other information about American prisoners of war, allegedly resulting in them being beaten and tortured.

Fonda has strenuously denied this story and war veterans groups, who decry her visit to North Vietnam itself, have also discredited it.

Some believe Fonda is trying to atone for her behavior as she grows older and reflects on life. But it’s doubtful she’ll ever heal, what are too many, still open wounds.

“She was a traitor then and it will not change,” said Kathy from Cleburne, Texas. “She should have thought of that before we lost so many friends, husbands and fathers.”

A San Francisco commentator said: “There is nothing that this traitor can do or say to change her anti-war, anti-American views. Her history on the Vietnam conflict is well documented and the facts do not change some 40 years later. She should have been sent to prison to rot.”

But not all of those who weighed in were unsympathetic to Fonda.

“Jane Fonda was the Dennis Rodman of her time. But how many times does she have to apologize for her sins?” Dan from Garden City, N.Y., said. “It happened when I was 2 years old, and maybe we can let her off the hook because she was anti-blood lust, and that is how we should live.”

Marty, from Fort Myers, Fla, said: “God bless you, Jane!! I knew you were not Hanoi Jane as you were portrayed, but the real American I know. You have done much for the U.S. and always will.”

VietVet Loc: Brooklyn, NY

I totally agree with all those posts,she should never be forgiven for what she done. Men suffered and died due to her.
, I for one will never forget.

Kentee Loc: Southern California

Offhand, I can only think of one person who did more to undermine our men dying in that horrible place and that man is......

Our new Secretary of State!

(Waiting for the cheers to suside)

pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

He's a lot more dangerous than Hanoi Jane and her photo ops. :thumbup:

Morrisdh Loc: Pisgah Alabama

pounder35 Every since I got back from Vietnam I told every
family member to include my grand children if I EVER come
into MY home and see that BITCH on one of my TV's, it goes
out and I will disown the culprit. Till this day they know I mean
it. I am a forgiving person but somethings I can't, and the only thing I ever want to hear from her is her obituary. mdh

pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

Maybe a round into the 60" LED will make your point. :lol: :thumbup: I hate to admit it but her performance, co-starring with Robert Redford in "The Electric Horseman" was pretty damn good. She's still is a traitor to our nation. She'll go to her grave knowing that. :thumbup:

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

I guess I'm in the minority...

While I don't condone what she did, I do understand mistakes...we've all made horrible mistakes in our life, If I had a dollar for every time I've wished I could go back and change my behavior I'd be rich...but we can't change the past...we can only live with the regret and move on.

I guess I don't understand hearts that are so full of darkness that they'd hate for so long...

PS: Here is her actual statement about the events:

johnr9999 Loc: Carlton, OR

While I agree that it was a secretary of state, his name was McNamara not Kerry. Kerry was, in my opinion, a coward and a liar, McNamara, with the same caveats, was a traitor.

johnr9999 Loc: Carlton, OR

I have a bumper sticker which reads, "I will forgive Hanoi Jane when the Jews forgive Hitler". I think this is a bit excessive but expresses our feelings well.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

A "Traitor" gives "aid and comfort to the enemy". What she did was a traitorist act, Period, end-of-story!
Damn shame that the political will of the country at the time would not allow her proscecution.

Kentee Loc: Southern California

I cannot remember any time that McNamara gave aid and comfort to the enemy. He a budget zealot and a numbers cruncher, but, he did what he truly thought was right. Nobody is right all the time, unfortunately. In 1968 he addressed the Senate thusly:

"While the military task in Vietnam is beginning to assume some aspects of a conventional limited war against overt external aggression, our over-all Vietnam task remains that of making it possible for the South Vietnamese to cope with and suppress an insurgency which is externally directed and supported; to rectify the social ills on which that insurgency battens; to reestablish law and order; to revive and sustain the economy; and to create a viable, independent political structure."

Even in 1968, it was beginning to be evident that the war could be fought but it was not likely to be won, in the conventional sense of winning.

To Hell with winning, Bomb the Bastards! How tragic for our guys doing the fighting and dying.

erobin Loc: Port Charlotte, FL

"He who is without sin.....". If I cannot forgive, how can I be forgiven?

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

THAT'S the basis for what I was saying...if a person recognizes what THEY'VE been forgiven of...then it makes no sense to harbor unforgiveness.

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

Being a Traitor is beyond forgiveness. Especially when it cost G.I.s' their lives.

May Jane "BURN" for Eternity.

Ask Senator John McCain what he thinks(privately, and see what he says.)

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Don,
Just a question; you used the phrase "burn for eternity" which is a Christian concept; i.e. "hell" a place of punishment for sins against God.

What perplexes me about what you just said is what the post that came right before mine and yours mentions (the idea that if one realizes the magnitude of our own sins against God...and the fact that He's forgiven us...and how grateful that should make us), then our obvious response should be to forgive others.

Are you a Christ follower or were you just using the "burn in Hell" phrase metaphorically?