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> > > > >> Looks like > > > > >> Hanoi Jane may be honored as one of the "100 Women of the Century". > > >JANE > > > > >> FONDA remembered? Unfortunately many have forgotten and still > > >countless > > > > >> others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea > of > > >our > > > > >> "country" but the men who served and sacrificed during Vietnam. > > > > >> > > > > >> There are few things I have strong visceral reactions to, but Jane > > > > Fonda's > > > > >> participation in what I believe to be blatant treason, is one of > > >them. > > > > >> Part of my conviction comes from exposure to those who suffered her > > > > >> attentions. > > > > >> The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot. The pilot's name is > > >Jerry > > > > >> Driscoll, a River Rat. In 1978, the Commandant of the USAF > Survival > > > > School > > > > >> was a former POW in Ho Lo Prison-the "Hanoi Hilton". > > > > >> > > > > >> Dragged from a stinking cesspit of a cell, cleaned, fed, and > dressed > > >in > > > > >> clean PJs, he was ordered to describe for a visiting American > "Peace > > > > >> Activist" the "lenient and humane treatment" he'd received. He > spat > > >at > > > > Ms. > > > > >> Fonda, was clubbed, and dragged away. During the subsequent > beating, > > >he > > > > >> fell forward upon the camp Commandant's feet, accidentally pulling > > >the > > > > man's > > > > >> shoe off-which sent that officer berserk. In '78, the AF Col still > > > > suffered > > > > >> from double vision (which permanently ended his flying days) > > > > >> from the Vietnamese Col's frenzied application of wooden baton. > From > > > > >> 1983-85, Col Larry Carrigan was the 347FW/DO (F-4Es). He spent 6 > > >years > > > > in > > > > >> the "Hilton"-the first three of which he was "missing in action". > > >His > > > > wife > > > > >> lived on faith that he was still alive. His group, too, got the > > > > >> cleaned/fed/clothed routine in preparation for a "peace delegation" > > > > >> visit. > > > > >> They, however, had time and devised a plan to get word to the world > > >that > > > > >> they still survived. Each man secreted a tiny piece of paper, with > > >his > > > > SSN > > > > >> on it, in the palm of his hand. When paraded before Ms. Fonda and > a > > > > >> cameraman, she walked the line, shaking each man's hand and asking > > >little > > > > >> encouraging snippets like: "Aren't you sorry you bombed babies?" > and > > >"Are > > > > >> you grateful for the humane treatment from your benevolent > captors?" > > > > >> Believing this HAD to be an act, they each palmed her their sliver > of > > > > paper. > > > > >> She took them all without missing a beat. At the end of the line > and > > > > once > > > > >> the camera stopped rolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs, > she > > > > turned > > > > >> to the officer in charge...and handed him the little pile. > > > > >> > > > > >> Three men died from the subsequent beatings. Col Carrigan was > almost > > > > number > > > > >> four. For years after their release, a group of determined former > > >POWs > > > > >> Including Col Carrigan, tried to bring Ms. Fonda and others up on > > > > charges > > > > >> of treason. I don't know that they used it, but the charge of > > >"Negligent > > > > >> Homicide due to Depraved Indifference" would also seem appropriate. > > >Her > > > > >> obvious "granting of aid and comfort to the enemy", alone, > should've > > >been > > > > >> sufficient for the treason count. However, to date, Jane Fonda has > > >never > > > > >> been formally charged with anything and continues to enjoy the > > >privileged > > > > >> life of the rich and famous. I, personally, think that this is > shame > > >on > > > > us, > > > > >> the American Citizenry. Part of our shortfall is ignorance: > > > > >> most don't know such actions ever took place. Thought you might > > > > appreciate > > > > >> the knowledge. Most of you've probably already seen this by now... > > >only > > > > >> addition I might add to these sentiments is to remember the > > >satisfaction > > > > of > > > > >> relieving myself into the urinal at some airbase or another where > > >"zaps" > > > > >> of Hanoi Jane's face had been applied. > > > > >> > > > > >> To whom it may concern: > > > > >> > > > > >> I was a civilian economic development advisor in Viet Nam, and was > > > > captured > > > > >> by the North Vietnamese communists in South Viet Nam in 1968, and > > >held > > > > for > > > > >> over 5 years. I spent 27 months in solitary confinement, one year > in > > >a > > > > cage > > > > >> in Cambodia, and one year in a "black box" in Hanoi. My North > > >Vietnamese > > > > >> captors deliberately poisoned and murdered a female missionary, a > > >nurse > > > > in a > > > > >> leprosarium in Ban me Thuot, South Vietnam, whom I buried in the > > >jungle > > > > near > > > > >> the Cambodian border. At one time, I was weighing approximately > > > > >> 90 lbs. (My normal weight is 170 lbs.) We were Jane Fonda's "war > > > > >> criminals." When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi, I was asked by the camp > > > > communist > > > > >> political officer if I would be willing to meet with Jane Fonda. I > > >said > > > > >> yes, for I would like to tell her about the real treatment we POWs > > >were > > > > >> receiving, which was far different from the treatment purported by > > >the > > > > North > > > > >> Vietnamese, and parroted by Jane Fonda, as "humane and lenient." > > >Because > > > > of > > > > >> this, I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees with > > >outstretched > > > > arms > > > > >> with a piece of steel placed on my hands, and beaten with a bamboo > > >cane > > > > >> every time my arms dipped. I had the opportunity to meet with Jane > > >Fonda > > > > >> for a couple of hours after I was released. I asked her if she > would > > >be > > > > >> willing to debate me on TV. She did not answer me, her former > > >husband, > > > > Tom > > > > >> Hayden, answered for her. She was mind controlled by her husband. > > >This > > > > >> does not exemplify someone who should be honored as "100 Years of > > >Great > > > > >> Women." > > > > >> > > > > >> After I was released, I was asked what I thought of Jane Fonda and > > >the > > > > >> anti-war movement. I said that I held Joan Baez's husband in very > > >high > > > > >> regard, for he thought the war was wrong, burned his draft card and > > >went > > > > to > > > > >> prison in protest. If the other anti-war protesters took this same > > > > route, > > > > >> it would have brought our judicial system to a halt and ended the > war > > > > much > > > > >> earlier, and there wouldn't be as many on that somber black granite > > >wall > > > > >> called the Vietnam Memorial. This is democracy. This is the > > >American > > > > way. > > > > >> > > > > >> Jane Fonda, on the other hand, chose to be a traitor, and went to > > >Hanoi, > > > > >> wore their uniform, propagandized for the communists, and urged > > >American > > > > >> soldiers to desert. As we were being tortured, and some of the > POWs > > > > >> murdered, she called us liars. After her heroes-the North > Vietnamese > > > > >> communists-took over South Vietnam, they systematically murdered > > >80,000 > > > > >> South Vietnamese political prisoners. May their souls rest on her > > >head > > > > >> forever. Shame! Shame! ( History is a heavy sword in the hands > of > > > > those > > > > >> who refuse to forget it. Think of this the next time you see Ms. > > > > >> Fonda-Turner at a Braves game). > > > > >> > > > > >> Please take the time to read and forward to as many people as you > > > > possibly > > > > >> can. It will eventually end up on her computer and she needs to > know > > > > that > > > > >> "we will never forget". Lest we forget..."100 years of great > women" > > >Jane > > > > >> Fonda should never be considered.