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| Fonda: 'Hanoi Jane' Moment Was A 'Huge Mistake' |
| 2015-01-20 |
| [DAILYCALLER] Actress Jane Fonda issued an apology late Friday for her infamous visit to North Vietnam in 1972, a moment that earned her the dubious nickname "Hanoi Jane." Fonda called it a "huge mistake" during a speech given at an arts center in Frederick, Maryland, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reports. She made her comments in response to protests against her appearance. "But those people out there... I'm a lightning rod," Fonda told the audience, according to The Frederick News-Post. "This famous person goes and does something that looks like I'm against the troops, which wasn't true, but it looked that way, and I'm a convenient target. So I understand." However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... Fonda still considered her trip to the communist state at war with the U.S. a "great experience." While on the trip, she took publicity shots manning an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down American planes and publicly criticized the war effort against North Vietnam. The protesters gathered outside the arts center, many of whom were Vietnam veterans, did not forget Fonda's anti-war effort and carried signs that bore the phrase, "Forgive? Maybe. Forget? Never." "She encouraged North Vietnam to pull away from the negotiations table," Bob Hartman, a Vietnam Army veteran, told The News-Post. "She got Americans killed... and she went to Vietnam to advance her husband's career." Fonda focused most of her talk on gender politics and encouraged the crowd to not raise boys to become "emotionally illiterate" by emphasizing masculinity. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 She waited until Radical Islam begins to penetrate into America = Amerika to want the USDOD to protect her + country. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-01-20 22:27 |
| #15 It was her acts towards the POW I won't forget. The sitting in the anti-aircraft battery is small potatoes. She should have been hung. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-01-20 15:45 |
| #14 Too little and way too late, biatch. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2015-01-20 14:29 |
| #13 A despicable woman. There are probably people with refineries of piss stored away, and waiting for her vile ass to croak. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2015-01-20 13:33 |
| #12 I knew she'd snap eventually. Tea? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-01-20 12:31 |
| #11 When I took my first Task Force Command we were given a former USMC building at then Mather AFB as a HQs. My first visit to the head found four spotless urinals with her picture in each one. Four years later they were still being watered with the respect she deserved. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2015-01-20 12:29 |
| #10 "This famous person goes and does something that looks like I'm against the troops, which wasn't true, but it looked that way, and I'm a convenient target. So I understand." What is this? Denial week for celebrities? Michael Moore, Seth Rogan and now Hanoi Jane. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-01-20 10:49 |
| #9 Not much of an apology as a lie. She definitely was against the troops. How about we ask some of the POWs she visited. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2015-01-20 09:52 |
| #8 Wow!!! Leftards can acknowledge mistakes---who'd guessed? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-20 09:34 |
| #7 Dante says the inner (9th) circle of hell is reserved for those who betray. At least she won't be alone. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-01-20 09:25 |
| #6 The only huge mistake that happened was allowing your parents to breed. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-01-20 09:20 |
| #5 She was malicious to US Soldiers in captivity. This is as fake as she is. I do not know why she keeps fake apologizing for things. he had people tortured. It is all about her crusty ass. In every urinal in every VA across the nation. No, it is just about her. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-01-20 02:16 |
| #4 A few years ago, she faked an apology too. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-01-20 01:49 |
| #3 Some crimes, such as treason can never be forgiven. |
| Posted by: Harry Angomoth4592 2015-01-20 00:35 |
| #2 Only took 43 yrs. to realize your mistake. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-01-20 00:31 |
| #1 She still has no idea of the torture and murder she alone caused by her hatred for the home team. She is actually "emotionally illiterate" |
| Posted by: newc 2015-01-20 00:16 |