FWIW
http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp
Hanoi’d with Jane
Claim: Jane Fonda betrayed U.S. POWs during the Viet Nam War.
Status: Multiple:
* During a 1972 trip to North Vietnam, Jane Fonda propagandized on behalf of the North Vietnamese government, declared that American POWs were being treated humanely and condemned U.S. soldiers as “war criminals” and later denounced them as liars for claiming they had been tortured: True.
* Jane Fonda handed over to their captors the slips of paper POWs pressed upon her: False
Fair enough ... Thanks for the info :-)
Jane Fonda demonstrates all of the aspects of a “child of privilege” who cannot understand that actions have consequences. I am sure that she got a real high out of showing her courage in defying the morality and the military while never overtly paying a price.
On this subject, I will admit to having respect for at least one of the Vietnam Anti-war protestors, Joan Baez. After the reunification of Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh, she came forward to protest it’s human rights violations. In 1979 she helped organize and fund a full-page advertisement in the NY Times, Washington Post and LA Times in which the communists (Vietnam & Cambodia) were described as having created a nightmare.
Jane Fonda quickly responded to say she was unable to substantiate the “claims” Baez made regarding the atrocities being committed by the Cambodian Khmer Rouge. I don’t remember her commenting any further as the “Killing Fields” of Cambodia became more well known as a provable fact.