I got the main point across. And heres Cat Ballou, the beautiful daughter of Young Abe Lincoln, of Mister Roberts, beaming down from a machine designed to kill them. LBJ and Congress share responsibility for the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, with its dubious basis, and everything that followed. Its something very like the worst sort of lovers betrayal, the deep wound that time itself often is powerless to heal. There was a real Colonel Carrigan, and he was a POW in Vietnam. 5:15 After numerous apologies over four decades, its time to let Hanoi Jane Fonda off the hook for Vietnam. A young photographer took this harrowing image of the Vietnam War. They landed two months later on 7 May with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. She was photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun on a 1972 visit to Hanoi, during which she gained the nickname "Hanoi Jane". Heres what she said in 2011: In my anger at the torture story that was being allowed to spread, at how the entire situation was being manipulated, I made a mistake I deeply regret. Bates. She went to tour the countrys Fonda consorted with the enemy and made propaganda broadcasts on their behalf. This thread gives me a great chance to ask veterans a question that has always bothered me. Jane Fonda sparked outrage among war veterans when she was pictured sitting on an anti-aircraft gun in 1972 during the Vietnam War, earning her the nickname Hanoi Jane. COLMES: Many of us forgive many of us forgive George W. Bush (search) for being young and irresponsible, and maybe we can also forgive Jane Fonda. It never happened. Communism is an atheistic system, and even advocating it is a serious offense in my eyes (with or without war crimes participation). But I mean, it depends on what you want to know. JANE FONDA: I know what Im doing. 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. She said It is possible it was a setup, I will never know. The people who are speaking out against the war are the patriots. She said the radio addresses were the only way to get access to American soldiers, because she was barred from meeting them at their bases in South Vietnam. One presumably claimed to have been struck by her, while another claimed to have had his confidence betrayed to his Communist captors. ET!. NORTH: The real story about Vietnam. Due to actions and images some people consider unpatriotic or treasonous, she earned GRUMMETT: Don't worry about it, you know? She still does not know what she did wrong. Some lawmakers calledher actions treason. 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. In no sense am I a Fonda apologist. Nobody remembers, nobody cares. His alliance with the Reds made sense, since both upheld elite control of the world. wars the intention of which is not to win but to bleed) is quite plausible. Nevertheless, there are Vietnam veterans out there who served in the war zone before 1969 who are convinced that Jane Fonda was in cahoots with the Commies during their own tours. The Nixon Justice Department poured over the transcripts of my broadcasts trying to find a way to put me on trial for treason but they could find none. I suppose that since I am never really planned to be an Intern next semester (not in a full time sense, save as a researcher), and since my term is essentially over, I can join the conversation as Joe Public. Manywere there to protest the Vietnam War. I mean, he realized that . 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. 's and eMediaMillWorks, Inc.'s copyrights or other proprietary rights or interests in the material. And therein lies the difference. "War Stories," Colonel, we'll be watching this Sunday, 8 p.m. as usual. Read on. Heres the picture that was used to shut shut down American plants, critics, and there were millions of them, called you a Hanoi Jane and said you were a traitor. officer gets an idea. Also Read: 'Jane Fonda in Five Acts' Film Review: Doc Explores the Many Lives of the Actress-Activist, She posed on an antiaircraft gun used to shoot down our American pilots. True, by Fondas admission. After all, she is an American; surely shell carry the message home to the families that their husband or son is alive. North Vietnam, 1972,: Jane Fonda is in the midst of her visit when an N.V.A. Screw you. I want you to go home and say, "I'm sorry I got caught doing the wrong thing.". The "advisors" assisted inept South Vietnamese in their ongoing war against the North Vietnamese, who also happened to be communists. Was Jane Fonda's sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun that was used to shoot at and kill Americans, and launching an anti-American PR campaign with the North Vietnamese giving aid and comfort? No article of ours gets hundreds of letters, but this one did, very few of them friendly. officers, toward the Chinese border amid cries of protest from Wall Street which feared war with "our trading partner" Red China. Watch "Hannity & Colmes" weeknights at 9 p.m. And you know, maybe I was set up but I was an adult, its Im gonna take responsibility for it. She and actor Donald Sutherland started an anti-USO troupe to counter Bob Hopes famous shows for the troops. She posed on an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down our American pilots. I am going to let the extract stand as it is, containing just enough truth to be uncomfortable, I think. More than 58,000 Americans died in the war.. Now, I can't judge her heart but it's a different manifestation of Christianity than John Paul II (search). Fonda moves down the line, greeting each man with encouragements like Arent you ashamed you killed babies? as she shakes his hand. But she maintains she was not a traitor by speaking out against the war or trying to turn soldiers against it, because she still believesthe U.S. government was lying to them. Here is my best, honest recollection of what took place. Truman refused. And I didnt even think and they sang me a song and Im made me laugh. In Hanoi, Fonda also met with seven American POWs and later said they asked her to tell their friends and family to support presidential candidate George McGovern; they feared theyd never be freed during a Richard Nixon administration. I remember one retired lieutenant colonel describing a conversation he had with an angry trooper about the treasonous behavior of Jane Fonda in the midst of the 1968 Tet Offensive. February 25, 2023 / Jack Marshall. Thus, Europe, Russia, China, Korea, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, the Middle East were turned into killing grounds, and their existing governments destroyed. ( New York: G.P. A new HBO documentary on Fondas life, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, explores the fallout for the actress, who is now 80. She was dubbed "Hanoi Jane" after traveling to the Communist capital. I sang a song. 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.. You will not be surprised to hear that I have bowdlerised the above considerably, removing racial designators and course expressions of various sorts. By denying their mistreatment or not investigating their treatment,in an effort to sway public opinion to her own perceived vision of the national interest, she did harm to her countrymen in captivity. . Though Fonda has been an activist throughout her life, the only other time she has spent the night in jail was in 1970, when she was 32, on a speaking tour protesting the Vietnam War. Joining us now is the host of "War Stories," who fought in Vietnam, Colonel Oliver North is with us. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Greta Van Susteren -- who had been one of Ailes' most stalwart defenders -- left in early September 2016 after saying that Fox had "not felt like a home" for years. Troop B, 2nd squadron, 17th Cavalry, RVN, 1969-70 Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. placement: 'Right Rail Thumbnails', 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. quote: Fonda was a political activist in the counterculture era during the Vietnam War. And you were photographed sitting on an anti aircraft gun. They called it FTA, which they said stood for Free the Army, but it was also a not-so-subtle nod to the expression f the Army.. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. [1] According to a recent email that circulated to various Vietnam veterans, Fonda reportedly beat one POW, and betrayed the confidence of another, resulting in his death. The POWs who were there have denied that this ever occurred. America. The Ms. , we thought, would signal a bit of ironic distance from the broad, ingenu- ous affection contained in Miss America. WebIn July of 1972 Jane Fonda went to Hanoi, North Vietnam, for a two-week tour of the country. America. The Ms. , we thought, would signal a bit of ironic distance from the broad, ingenu- ous affection contained in Miss America., It evidently didnt. Yeah, said my stepdaughter, Jill, when I told her about this. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Jane Fonda says she is sorry for some of her actions during the Vietnam War. The financial elite then move into the vacuum, establish central banks, and issue debt-credit to the devastated populations. Peter Braunsteins article speculated that Jane Fonda had this ability to a degree unique in modern times. Sheturned down a four-year, $100 million offer to stay with Fox News saying that one of the reasonsfor her departure was to spend more time with her kids. Putnams Sons. Transcription Copyright 2005 eMediaMillWorks, Inc. (f/k/a Federal Document Clearing House, Inc.), which takes sole responsibility for the accuracy of the transcription. I said that the POWs claiming torture were liars, hypocrites, and pawns. Jane Fonda remains unforgiven. Each of them suggested that they had done at least one interview with Fonda, and individually they were looking into the historical accuracy behind the claims made about Fonda and why she became such a lighting rod for controversy.