Posted on 07/28/2005 7:02:45 AM PDT by Valin
Lucky old America. Their greatest Oscar-winning, anti-war virago Miss Jane Fonda is coming out of 30 years of self-imposed retirement from campaigning to let it be known that her compatriots' presence in Iraq is, frankly, iffy. She has not taken a stand on any war, she says, since Vietnam when she famously - or infamously, depending where you stand - hoisted herself atop a big fat north Vietnamese gun and smiled prettily for the cameras. But enough is enough of the subsequent silence, so she has announced to cheering throngs that she is to take a bus tour right across the United States to oppose the military action and to demand an immediate end to it.
The bus, by the way - and you do want to know this - will run on vegetable oil.
You might think that Fonda has had ample opportunity to learn from past mistakes. Her recent spate of appearances to promote her autobiography has necessitated outpourings of apology: her Vietnam antics, she swears, were intended to diss the government, not the grunts; far be it from her to have criticised the brave soldiers or their families.
And yet that is precisely what this impending bus tour is bound to do. You cannot march for justice, peace or freedom across the great powerless plains of small-town, fly-over America; all you can do is trample upon the fear and grief of this generation of people whose turn it has been to provide the cannon fodder for Rumsfeld's army.
To a far greater extent than is imaginable in Britain, American soldiery is a last-ditch escape for the despairing; the final chance to have what your parents did not. The recruiters know this well: proactively they hit upon the outposts of the mills or mines or rural south, scooping up siblings by the bunch with tales of derrings-do and promises of hope.
Nowhere is this better described than in I Am a Soldier, Too: the Jessica Lynch Story, wherein author Rick Bragg eschews any attempt at hagiography for the Iraq "heroine" in favour of a portrait of the life that led her there; life in the needy hollow near Palestine, West Virginia, from where a beady-eyed recruiter snatched Jessica and her brother - her army money, you see, would buy her the dream: kindergarten teacher training.
As an added bonus, Bragg writes, "In the process, she would serve her country, something people in her part of America still say without worrying that someone will roll his eyes."
I have seen a great many Jessicas. So far this year I have been seven times through Atlanta airport, and every time rubbed along with achingly young recruits, all spanking new desert fatigues and impeccable manners - "To Iraq, ma'am," they reply to the obvious question - and each clearly terrified. But not, or so I believe, of bullets; they're terrified because they've never seen a city, let alone an airport before. Quite a contrast with the
Retirement? Well... she also led some vulgar group prior to this. Rush talked about it. First two letters: "v-i". Last letter "a". That was the name of the group. Not repeating it's name. Very sick.
Er... first two letters: 'va'. I think I'll get off line now. =/
"...she is to take a bus tour right across the United States to oppose the military action and to demand an immediate end to it. "
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We could let all the air out of the tires. :)
"Babylon Jane"
Here's hoping that Teddy Kennedy drives Jane Fonda's Bus!
Is she going to pose with Zarqawi and help plant an IED? That is the real Jane Fonda. Oh, and they would still cut her head off, too. These are not your cuddly fellow-travellers that all lefties think all america's enemies must be.
I read one report it will not start until March,which leads me to believe she wanted to see the reaction first,and get publicity...I doubt buy Spring she will have any interest in doing this.
When does she go to Iraq to be photographed planting some IEDs?
Jane Fonda: Once a traitor, always a traitor. Her Dad must be rolling over in his grave.
“hoisted herself atop a big fat north Vietnamese gun and smiled prettily for the cameras”
Maybe we could get a picture of her sitting on an IED! (just for a little while)
I do hope that that thing is not as big as her mouth. Maybe that is the reason her and Ted do not get along.
Mike
DRAT! You're probably right. And I was soooo looking forward to...greeting her.
What throngs?? Just wondering. I despise this woman. Time to break out the tobacco, boys, the spitoon is on the way.
Jane Fonda: Co-founder of the "Vagina Vote" campaign to support Kerry in 2004
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http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1326
I wish she'd crawl back under the rock where she's been hiding. I thought she was showing signs of remorse, even shame, but evidently not.
PERFECT -- and they'll have to cross the Mississippi River at some point. I think it's deep enough that Teddy won't knock all the water out of it when he falls in.
Typical Guardian claptrap. I just wasted 5 minutes of my life by reading it.
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