Jane Fonda may be asking for trouble — including worse than being spit upon, as she was in Kansas City, Mo., earlier this year — by planning to travel the nation in a vegetable oil-fueled bus to hold anti-war protests on the third anniversary of the Iraq invasion next March. But she has found allies in some military families unhappy with the White House. And with polls showing a growing frustration among the American people with the casualties and slow progress in Iraq, you have to wonder why it’s falling to the most famous Vietnam War opponent to get aggressive about publicly opposing this war.
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Hanoi Jane picked the wrong time and place to advocate in Viet Nam, but this time she might be right on target. We can only hope that this war does not turn out to be another Viet Nam.
Publicity?
It’s already another Viet Nam.
Jane so bravely is making her anti-war stance public well AFTER her summer movie is headed toward the dollar movie house. Just couldn’t bring yourself to talk about your big anti-war tour during the press junket for your movie? Nice courage, Jane.
She was never truthful or took responsibility for her stint in Hanoi, she claims she was “set up” by the North Vietnamese in the famous photo that caused her to be scorned by most Americans. She’s a self promoting liar and those of us who oppose this war don’t need her as an ally. Go away, Jane, and just concentrate on your lack luster acting career.
Damoon,
For once you and I agree.
I always thought she was a good-looking Communist. Good for something!!!!???
I’d suggest Jane stay on the coasts (and that doesn’t include the southern coast, LOL). I don’t think anybody is going to welcome her Out here in the center part of the nation. She’s damn sure not welcome in Texas. Never was, never will be. Let the Bizach go live in Hanoi where she belongs.
Something tells me that the WE editors would love to host a cocktail party for her!
Hank
Can I go?
Ed, I think I speak for many of us. Go. Go somewhere. Go anywhere!
As a veteran of the US Navy (14yrs)and 40% disabled, I think she should be given a one way ticket over there and let her and the other anti-war people in this country live over thier and get leagly slaped around like the little bitch she is
Henry,My father is a military man and I love and respect him and all veterans dearly. I support my father and all the troops but I hate the war that is maiming and killing them. We need to focus on solving problems right here in the heart of America. Like poverty and an employment rate that is skyrocketing.
Henry -
I respect the men and women in the military but I oppose the war in Iraq (I support the efforts in Afghanastan). One can oppose the war and still be a loyal American and be supportive of our troups.
Employement rate is skyrocketing?
Henry, don’t you DARE lump me in with the likes of Hanoi Jane. Most “anti war” Americans are not traitors.
Jane Fonda is a traitor and a liar! There is no other answer or explanation.
I applaud Jane Fonda for her latest anti-war efforts. If she is travelling the nation in an alternative fuel vehicle, she is doing a great deal to address this nations slavish addiction on foreign oil. An addiction which no one can dispute is influencing our foreign policy and getting our troops killed as a result.I was a child during the Vietnam war. But all I see tells me that only the protests stopped that war. As g bush has no clear strategy or intention to end this current war, I believe the protesters may yet again save thousands of lives.
Save thousands of lives?
Yeah I suppose the invasion of South Vietnam by the North resulting in millions of refugees and untold deaths…
Pol Pot in cambodia… millions of dead…
Is the liberal anti-war protesters idea of saving thousands of lives.
I suppose that is what you “yet again” want to happen?
Whether she’s right or wrong, you gotta admit, she’s a glutton for punishment!
Nathan, you were on a pretty good roll there until you threw in the Pol Pot comment. Just wondering where the hell that came from?
I was against the war in Vietnam, but I never turned against the soldiers that were fighting there. Jane Fonda allowed herself to be a propaganda tool for the North Vietnamese, and as a result our soldiers being held there suffered more. No one I know gives a damn about what she has to say, she needs to stay in Hollywood where she belongs.
What would be nice would be if this old bizach would just go away, or die or something. While I might be tempted to protest the war, I wouldn’t be seen at a dog fight with Jane Fonda.
Could be one of the reasons Kerry lost the election, thanks a lot Jane!
Jane Fonda is an intelligent and talented woman with an opinion and the courage to express it. As such, she is immediately offensive to most conservatives, who would prefer that women make babies and cookies, not waves.Fonda has said that her actions during the Vietnam war may not have been entirely apporopriate. But these actions did help end the war saving AMERICAN lives.
JR,Jane Fonda offends me, and I don’t think you can say I’m a conservative. Her actions MAY have not been entirely apporopriate? JR, she went to North Viet Nam while we were fighting a war with them (ok, conflict), and put out propaganda.I was there, it was bad, she made it a lot worse. Personally, I hope she roasts in hell.
We all make mistakes when we’re young, stupid, and idealistic, but she’s never had the courage to truly admit she made a mistake and apologize for it. I could respect her if she would sincerely take responsibility for what she did, instead she blames her actions on being “manipulated”.
I still find her obnoxious on an instinctive level. Think about it. An American “Fox” (and in those days, she was a fox) playing cozy with the enemy? You can’t imagine the effect that had on a bunch of young guys that got shot at for a living.
Hammer, Being a staunch anti-Communist, I believe a one hour exception with her is in order. You know, For God and Country. A man has his duty.
Probably should be a flag involved, don’t you think, Ed? For God and Country, as you say.
And then, put a stake through where she should’ve had a heart!
Sorry hammer, you just lost me.I am sorry that you had to fight in Viet nam. I am sorry that anyone had to fight there. I am more sorry that 58,000 Americans died there and the sorrriest thing of all is that they died for nothing.Fonda and people like her got that stopped.
JR, It’s not her opposition of the war that’s in question, it’s how she went about it. Lots of Americans were against the war, but we didn’t cheer at American soldiers getting killed over there. She was a traitor, pure and simple.
Don’t worry about it, JR. I’m just having some fun with ED. I mean, come on, a stake through the heart???
I opposed the war myself after I got out and couldn’t be court-marshalled for it. I limited myself to speaking out on campus rather than having photo ops with the NVA.
JR, there are a lot of things I’ve forgotten about Viet Nam. 30 some-odd years and a lot of trying will do that. My past in Viet Nam and a hand-full of change will buy me a cup of coffee. And you’ll notice, I’ve never traded on it and don’t go on about it (unlike some of our fellow bloggers). It’s like a car accident. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Basicly tough sh*t. Get over it. But my personal feeling is that Jane Fonda put a knife in my back and the back of every serviceman that served in that dirty little war (as if being there wasn’t bad enough). I doubt if you’ll find a single Viet Nam vet who’ll disagree with me.
JR, with all respect, I never asked for your sympathy, or anybody else’s for that matter; there’s no use in being sorry. It’s past. I don’t ask you to understand the cold dark thing I feel inside at the very mention of Fonda’s name. But to me and people like me, Jane Fonda’s involvement in protesting the current war is foul and unclean. If you wish to stand shoulder to shoulder with Jane Fonda to protest the war, That’s your decision, and knowing your philosophy, I respect that even though I dissagree. I respectfully ask that you also consider my feelings and philosophy when I say I hope there’s a nice warm place for her in Hell.
Hammer, I think you and all your moonbat liberal friends are a bunch of commie islamic symps.
Say what? B Augustus, do we have something to discuss? Do I know you?
Yeah, we got something to discuss. I don’t appreciate getting kicked off the page.
Sorry to lose ya Hammer but to paraphrase the shrub, we are in a war and you are either with us or against us.You were caught in the wrong place at the wrong time? NO!!!! You were PUT in the wrong place at the wrong time for causes you had absolutely no stake in. Just as is happening today with this “war”.Hammer you see how the other side fights. They give no quarter they have no delineation of thought. It is all black and white to them. They have their agenda and will do anything, hurt anyone, to achieve it. They don’t sit on the fence Hammer. They run over the fence and anything else that gets in their way.
My favorite idea of Bush and the neo-cons is this: Bush on a bulldozer with one hand waving a flag and the other waving a bible; while the bulldozer runs amok. Jane Fonda is sorry for her method (and she has said so) but not for her principles.You tell me Hammer, who is the bigger enemy? Fonda or Bush and Nathan and those folks.
Hammer, At the time she sat on the gun I was furious. But in retrospect now, if it shorten the war by a few thousand men’s lives, I’m just so glad they made it, it’s hard to conjure-up hard feelings.
I feel the same way about a busload of Zionists going off a cliff with an empty seat.
Ed, what proof do we have that anything Jane Fonda did shortened the war or saved lives? Then as now, I think it was more about propping up a sagging career. I wonder how many US servicemen lost their lives because they had Fonda’s treachery on their mind instead of paying attention to the tripwire or anbush they walked into. The anti-war movement wasn’t about Fonda.
And JR…”Sorry to lose ya Hammer but to paraphrase the shrub, we are in a war and you are either with us or against us.”
Gee, you sound just like Bush.You’re going to kick me out? Sorry sonny, I have seinority. You and I are obviously from different parts of the party. You’re a Liberal Elete, and I’m just a practical Liberal. I don’t buy the entire party line. Fer instance, I’m anti-immigration, and I’m pro gun and a life member of the NRA. I own big guns, small guns, I make guns. JR, I have a 1/3 scale 155MM Howitzer cannon sitting in my living room that I made in my machine shop. (It’s a working model) Guess that makes me an “armed” liberal. I think you could say I’m not a single issue voter. If the republicans offer a better candidate, I’ll vote for him/her (not much chance of that).
You said:You tell me Hammer, who is the bigger enemy? Fonda or Bush and Nathan and those folks.Of course, Bush is the greater enemy. What’s your point? Fonda is still “MY” enemy and you’d do well to keep an eye on the sneaky bitch. And JR, Nathan is NOT my enemy. He’s just an opponent. I enjoyed tearing into him, but truth be known, I rather like the guy.
Let’s see…this is your FIRST war to protest? You’ll be ok with a little seasoning and experience.
My choice is hammer or Fonda? I choose Fonda.As to “kicking you out” I’ve neither the power or the desire. But I do have a choice on who I associate with.Republicans “shoot their wounded” (think Mc Cain and Jeffords and Specter) It is about time that liberals also shoot their “wounded”. BANG
JR, you’re part of the problem in the party. instead of fighting the real enemy, you pick a fight among your own. Way to go sonny. Real bright. Try doing something to unite the party instead of devide it.
This is getting good.
Spare me hammer. Learn to spell divide while you are at it.Fonda did what she did. She did this for the greater good without regard to how she would be perceived. She goes on even to this day trying to do right in the face of so many detractors. I call that courage.You are irellevant hammer. Pick a side or go away.
And you’re a dirtbag, junior. Now get out of my face. Fonda did what she did for publcity. God knows why you do things. Just young and stupid, I guess.
Oh this is just too rich, Hammer. You Libs can’t get along with each other, and you expect to beat us. You folks just kill me!
Goodbye hammer, I will exchange with you no further.