Jane Fonda Regrets 1972 Visit to Vietnam Gun Site

Reuters ^ | 3/31/05

[Crackingham]

Jane Fonda regrets her visit to a North Vietnamese gun site in 1972, the actress and fitness guru said in an interview with CBS television show "60 Minutes" to be aired on Sunday.

The actress defended her trip to Vietnam in 1972, which won her the nickname "Hanoi Jane." But she said her visit to a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun site used to shoot down U.S. pilots was a "betrayal" of the U.S. military.

"The image of Jane Fonda, Barbarella, Henry Fonda's daughter ... sitting on an enemy aircraft gun was a betrayal," she said, calling the act, "The largest lapse of judgment that I can even imagine."

But she said she did not regret visiting Hanoi, or being photographed with American prisoners of war there.

"There are hundreds of American delegations that had met with the POWs," she said. "Both sides were using the POWs for propaganda. ... It's not something that I will apologize for."

[Feiny]

Another case of too little, too late.

[secret garden]

Does she regret giving the note from McCain and the other POWS to their captors?

[drt1]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1374757/posts

[ASA Vet]

I'll forgive her treason in about 50 more years.

[NRA1995]

"Hanoi Jane" is not a strong enough term to express my contempt for her.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I hope to live long enough to urinate on her headstone.

[PaRebel]

way, way, way too late. Buhbaaaiiieee.

[clamper1797]

too little, too late.

Yes it is too little too late BUT at least she admits she was wrong ... better than that F'n kerry a_hole has done

[momf]

We used to see all of her movies, etc. until then.

Wonder what she wants. Or is planning.

[Paradox]

She did not pass on a note, that is an urban legend. What she did do is bad enough.

[Stellar Dendrite]

STFU Hanoi Jane!!!

"I would think that if you understood what communism was you would hope, you would pray on your knees, that we would someday become communists." - Hanoi Jane (Fonda).

[Nam Vet]

Jam it up yer a$$ Janie.

Nam Vet

[Logic n' Reason]

I had just returned from my second tour of duty in SEA when she got there.

I will never forget; I will never forgive.

[BillF]

Way too little, way too late.

[Mr. K]

I read (Gary Aldrich's book??) that when one of Clintoon's top goons (Leon Pineeta ??) got married they exchenged rings made out of metal from a downed American fighter jet from Viet Nam.

Sorry for all the uncertainty- I know I read it, I just am not positive about who it was.

I would have thought this would be headline news...

[aynrandfreak]

At least the old time lefties were more honest about their hatred of America and our military.

[bigsigh]

for your poenance STFU for another 20 years.

[proust]

and she just happens to have a new movie coming out, whatta coincedence!

[Billthedrill]

It's sort of like the kid who kills his little brother and then torches the entire house standing there and saying "Well, I said I'm sorry." It doesn't quite cover it.

[BillF]

FYI.

[omega4412]

"I wouldn't walk across the street to watch her slit her own wrists." James Webb

[dts32041]

I regret this so called born again visit there also.

she should regret it till the day she dies, the maybe her god will forgive, but I shan't cause that is the type of weapon that killed some people I knew.

[clamper1797]

But she said she did not regret visiting Hanoi, or being photographed with American prisoners of war there

This I will NEVER forget nor forgive her for .... ever

[joebuck]

"Another case of too little, too late."

I don't think it's ever to late if sincere, but definitely too little. It remeinds me of guilty plea hearings back when I used to handle some criminal law cases. Often clients would plead guilty and then address the court before sentencing by stating that they really weren't THAT guilty, because it partially that mean old cop's fault and also partly the victim's fault, blah, blah blah. Never willing to take full responsibility for their actions. Judges (at least here in Marion County) usually recognized the lack of true remorse and acknowledgement of wrongdoing and hammered these types.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Well, if she says it on 60 minutes we know it must be true. (yeah right).

[bigsigh]

She is doing this now because she's in a new movie coming out "Monster-in-law." Saw the trailer last week. Don't tell anyone, but my wife and I and the rest of the audience laughed all the way trhough. Cognitive dissonance. This movie will do well, I predict and even revive J-Los career. Now that's a miracle at the box office.

[SF Republican]

Such venom from our fellow FReepers; glad to know we all have never made any mistakes in our life which we would apologize for.

[Raycpa]

The local VFW in my town has prominent pictures of Fonda

[dit_xi]

"There are hundreds of American delegations that had met with the POWs," she said. "Both sides were using the POWs for propaganda. ... It's not something that I will apologize for."

SHE STILL DOESN'T GET IT!!! What a POS!

[Drango]

American soldiers were tortured for her acts. I won't forget. And God will have to help me on the forgiveness part.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Until this Bytch goes to the Vietnam Memorial, WITHOUT CAMERAS and other paparazzi, gets on her hands and knees and begs every name on that wall for forgiveness, she can go to hell.

Her AA gun pic was just the most visible form of her betrayal of the men who fought and died there.

[SMARTY]

With that half-a%$#d admission of guilt we are supposed to forget what happened? If she cannot make a proper apology for what was a villainous betrayal of this country from start to finish (not just for the bad luck of having been photographed where she should not have been) then she should STFU.

[spodefly]

"The image of Jane Fonda, Barbarella, Henry Fonda's daughter ... sitting on an enemy aircraft gun was a betrayal," she said, calling the act, "The largest lapse of judgment that I can even imagine."

Time for those of us raised with Christian values to try to put those values into practice. It won't be easy because 30 years is a long time for her to get to this realization. I suppose I can forgive her for being an anti-American lefty dumbass, but I won't forget it.

[LauraleeBraswell]

Old Urban Legend.

[Veloxherc]

She did pass the notes. At USAF survival school we had a POW who was there talk to us about it. Why would he lie?

[add925]

America regrets Jane Fonda

[rip033]

"But she said her visit to a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun site used to shoot down U.S. pilots was a "betrayal" of the U.S. military. "



YOU THINK SO JANE? HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO CONCLUDE THIS? Yeah STFU another 20 YEARS!

[doug from upland]

Given the chance, I would pull your tube, *itch. Too little, too late. You caused good men to be tortured and killed. You and John Kerry. You are both scum who do not deserve forgiveness.

[OldFriend]

Jane, we don't give a damn what you think about anything.

You old hag!

[shekkian]

She regrets posing next to a North Vietnam gun, but not going to Hanoi? Talk about disingenuous!!!

[headsonpikes]

She used to have a nice *ss - now, she just is one!

[Enchante]

trea·son
Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
A betrayal of trust or confidence.


Since she now uses the word 'betrayal' herself in reference to her visit to the anti-aircraft gun, she has cut the ground out from under all the leftists who claim that what she and others did was not treasonous. Betrayal, in that context, is virtually a synonym with treason.... I agree with all who say it's too little too late, but still it does seem remarkable to see her now, finally, acknowledge that she betrayed her countrymen!!!

[Dallas59]

Hurry up and pass on Fonda. It's so easy. Maybe you can be buried in HO Chi Min? You got the money.

[afnamvet]

This bitch and a**hole Kerry have a special place in Hell waiting for them. Kerry/Fonda delenda est.

[NRA1995]

Jane, you ignorant slut......

[smoothsailing]

Well, aint she swell. This Namvet will not forgive her treason. For her, there is no statute of limitations,IMHO.

[Thebaddog]

I hate to say it, but I'm getting a way good mental image of Barbarella in a three-way. And that's not a George Costanza three-way.

[Chinito]

Snoopy says it all....

[what's up]

She's got a new movie coming out, that's why the statement.

She is a slug.