Jane Fonda is a traitor. Here is proof. I think she should be imprisoned in the Hanoi Hilton. Do you agree?

Question

There is a net rumor circulating about the actions of Jane Fonda during the war. Although the true actions were reprehensible, the email makes it out to be much worse than it was.

Here is a link to the actual email with historical references to Fonda's real actions.

http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp

So what do you think. Should we "honor her" as one of "the 100 greatest women of the twentieth century."

As a USN veteran, I think not.

Answer 1

People, where is the forgiveness here? What she did was absolutely wrong, but she admitted it. She has asked for forgiveness many times over. She was young and made a stupid mistake, we've all made stupid mistakes. Do you want to be slammed for those mistakes your entire life? This goes back to the judgement question we also discussed. For how long to you hold her accountable and who are we to judge? She repented and did what she could to make amends. Let it go. She has only one more to account to and that will happen on Judgement Day.

Answer 2

I say to hell with “Hanoi Jane”.
I lost some dear friends and a couple of relatives in that war I will never forgive the traitor no matter how many half hearted apologies she makes. She is not so reminiscent of Tokyo Rose. Tokyo Rose was in service to her own country, Fonda was aiding the propaganda effort of her own country‘s enemy.

It sometimes appears that the very ingrates who hate America or the American military the most are the ones who have benefited the most from its benevolence.

Fonda tried briefly to raise her ugly head in alliance with Cindy Sheehan‘s protest. I’m glad to see wasn‘t so well received, and I think it cost her at the box office in her last movie. Maybe America’s memory is not so short after all.

Also I will not forgive Ted Turner for his un-American attitudes, and Peter Arnett for the concocted nerve gas story. I don’t like Fonda Turner CNN or even the Braves.

A USN Veteran
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Answer 3

Erik, I am old enough to remember this situation. She had quite a few followers. She was definitely against the Viet Nam war as were a lot of people. still trying to figure out why we were there, but I would always support the troops because a lot of them were people I knew. There is why women my age had less of a choice for good men. A lot of them died or came back very mixed up. PTSD.

Most of us didn't like her when she started doing this. She was on some night time show and talked about how bad she felt about that time in her life. We need to let it go as far as I am concerned. She was a pretty great woman of the 20th century though, just not in a good way. It doesn't have to be an honor. You get a star.

Answer 4

I think that this is something that needs to be archived in our minds and put aside.

I still do not think that she has done anything all that great to make her one of the greatest women of the twentieth century. I don't believe that she has made any particularly great contributions to this country and that is what I would base any type of honor on, in this category. I don't believe that she's done anything that anyone else is not capable of doing. Others probably have done the same things and more and are not recognized for their good works. The only difference is that she is an actress, with a good publicist and the money to back it up by keeping her in the public eye.

Answer 5

I agree with you and Iratadragon, some things are unforgivable!! No, she should NOT be honored as one of the 100 greatest women of the twentieth century!
I can't stand a snitch or a traitor
Her handing over the slips of paper, then the men being beaten to death. This is Unforgivable and she should be imprisoned!!

Answer 6

"Jane Fonda is a traitor. Here is proof. I think she should be imprisoned in the Hanoi Hilton. Do you agree?"

The war ended over a quarter century ago. Jane Fonda is 70 years old and has discovered Christianity. How many times must she apologize for her actions during the war? She is living now down in backward Georgia where she devotes her time, energies and considerable wealth to educating teenage girls about the perils of teenage pregnancy. Perhaps it is time to accept her several apologizes and move on, don't you think? There are greater issues now; our Republic and its democratic underpinings want your attention.

Answer 7

I lost my husband in November, a cousin that is losing control of his muscles, two cousins with type2 diabetes all from Agent Orange. A cousin that was the first Native American to be MIA then pronounced dead in Oklahoma. If she wanted to do something noble where was she when these upstanding soldiers came home and were called "murderers and being spit on" from the protesters. She got it started. Why didn't she do a noble deed by showing them respect when they came home. My husband said they sat on a train for many hours because of the protesters. Where was she and her followers then? They couldn't even go in a bar and have a drink because of protesters. I'm talking men that layed down their lives for jerks like Jane and her followers!

Answer 8

I remember all this from the first time around. I thought it was reprehensible then, and I think so now as well.

She should go on the same list as Tokyo Rose and other notorious anti-American spies, and certainly NOT be honoured as one of "the 100 greatest women of the twentieth century."

It was my following of the Vietnam War and my need to somehow help that sent me into the Armed Forces as a medic in 1973. Jane Fonda has only ever been an example of spoiled privilege to me.

Answer 9

Hello,

She made headlines in Canada in that time and we had a big discussion in our classes to see if what she did was treason. It was concluded that the Vietnam war was not an "officially declared war" like WWII. America had entered the conflict more as technical advisers whose numbers soon got too great. On that technicality we doubted she could be charged or branded as such.

As for the 20th century there are tens of thousands of women who did great things and I do not think actors have such a great impact on society as say a person who invents a cure for some horrible malady or someone like Mother Teresa or an aviation pioneer like Emilia Erhart.

Cheers,

Michael Kelly

Answer 10

On behalf of my Disabled Vietnam Veteran husband I am typing what he is saying to me because he is unable to himself. This is what he says,"Just seeing the picture of her smiling and being shown around like she was some important delegate from the US with the North Vietnamese made me sick then and still does now. She has no idea what impact she had on some of the men that she literally endangered their lives for her frivolity. From her action was a reaction to those that were POW's. My answer is no, she shouldn't be. She was a real &*^% up and didn't realize what her actions cost some of my friends. Entertaining the American troops is one thing, but what she did was not entertainment."