Even so, I'm going to keep an eye open to purchase one of the urinal mats with her photograph depicted upon it. This weekend's special I mean, this is very moving. I spent many years its when I made coming home talking to American soldiers, who had been in Vietnam and the things they told me were heartbreaking. You know, we can we can scare her, and boy did they try? But Jane Fonda: Cancel my subscription!, In replying, I discovered that the Good Book notwithstanding, a soft answer turneth away wrath no more than zo percent of the time. If it wasn't I must be missing something. Almost all the messages said we had no business writing about Fonda because she was a traitor. We once published an admiring profile of Benedict Arnoldwhose actions did the nation real damage in a way Fondas fulminations never couldand nobody made a peep. Jane Fonda remains unforgiven. I never asked pilots to desert. And that we probably couldnt win it not because they werent a fabulous soldiers. MacArthur was denied his request to attack enemy forces massing across the Yalu border in preparation for attack. The journey of Jane Fonda: Ive always been curious. One of the times it did, Im happy to say, was with Keith Nolan, the author of several books on the war, most recently Ripcord , a superb account of the 101st Airborne in the conflicts last great battle. Did our government lie to us during Vietnam? That is not my place. Switch to the light mode that's kinder on your eyes at day time. They have never acknowledged their role in the killing fields of Cambodia and fail to discuss the fact that Vietnam, one of about four communist countries left on the face of this earth, is currently at the bottom rung of third world nations in terms of per capita income. They landed two months later on 7 May with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. She called our POWs hypocrites and liars and referred to their torture as understandable. COLMES: She didn't say the words she wanted her to say. There is certainly no doubt that the country was basically split down the middle on the idea of our military presence in SE Asia, and as Americans we were all free to protest the war to our hearts' content. Fonda addresses the media in December 1972 to protest U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War. In fact, when the Tet Offensive broke, Jane Fonda was the featured pinup girl in that months issue of Leatherneck , the official publication of the Marines. North Vietnam, 1972,: Jane Fonda is in the midst of her visit when an N.V.A. Due to the pressure of so-called "rationalists", Article VI, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution forbids Congress from excluding Communists, Anti-Semites, or Globalists from its membership, allowing the control that you decry. The U.S. government secretly abets communism around the globe, then sends in the American military to "contain the communist menace". She said: I have very few regrets. NORTH: These are the things that this woman did, and she has not apologized. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Four die; one, Col. Larry Carrigan, survivesjust barely, but it is he who tells about the incident. I am going to let the extract stand as it is, containing just enough truth to be uncomfortable, I think. What most Viet-Nam veterans think about Jane Fonda is expressed in a number of products sold by D & G Enterprises, Her book just may not make the bestseller CHRIS WALLACE: So when you say it was a terrible mistake. Donald On the basis of those meetings alone, she proclaimed that American POW's weren't being mistreated, and that any who said they were mistreated werte either liars, or were simply experiencing punishment for their racist treatment and attitude towards their Vietnamese captors. This is a partial transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," April 6, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. HANNITY: That's quite often in my case, by the way. FONDA: I'm charging the government with genocide, with genocide. JANE FONDA: Well, I didnt like it. Kelly attacked Fondas Vietnam War history to defend questions about plastic surgery. Youre gonna come through it, okay. NORTH: As a matter of fact, no. I mean, it depends on what you want to know. The story surfaced on the Internet in 1999, and my guess is that it will live there a long time. America. The Ms. , we thought, would signal a bit of ironic distance from the broad, ingenu- ous affection contained in Miss America. But newly discovered tapes tell a very, very different story. After all, she is an American; surely shell carry the message home to the families that their husband or son is alive. After we published Peter Braunsteins article on Jane Fonda in our July/August issue, perhaps 60 people sent me this story. Free subscription>>, Please consider a donation to help us keep this American treasure alive. I mean, he realized that. Fonda told Wallace that she did not like the nickname she was given, but she stuck by her choice to oppose the war. The Veterans of Foreign Wars passed a resolution calling for her to be prosecuted as a traitor. The buck stops here. How did we get into this war? Market data provided by Factset. And exocide (ph) and biocide. Thats all the ground troops were going home. Here are her comments: Many of our veterans still call her Hanoi Jane thanks to her radio broadcasts, which attempted to shame American troops. Ramsey Clark went to Hanoi during the war. I find that intolerable.. No, after the Left's "victory" in the United State's withdrawal from Southeast Asia, the matter of consequences was conveniently dropped from the discussion. Laurie Dhue was a familiar presence on Fox in the early 2000s but left the network in 2008. Now, I leave it NORTH: Well, yes, as a matter of fact I think she is. CHRIS WALLACE: When you got that nickname Hanoi Jane, how did you feel at the time? As the war raged, the one-time blonde bombshell cut her naturally brown hair short, trading sex appeal for liberal activism and rebranding herself as a political crusader against the war. Legal Statement. Mr. Nolan wrote something that helped me better understand the fury of this sort of reaction. Troop D, 1st squadron, 4th Cavalry, RVN, 1966-7 The war was being fought by the air during during the Nixon administration. It has simply been repeated over and over again, without proof, and duplicated on a number of websites. Kelly responded with a cannon by bringing up the time Fonda posed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. However, when my credibility is challenged, I will respond. Its more than being a traitor; millions of Americans felt treasonous during that war. However, the allegation that she abused American POWs is not true. True. The cameras flash. Del. [1] According to a recent email that circulated to various Vietnam veterans, Fonda reportedly beat one POW, and betrayed the confidence of another, resulting in his death. Just another old women of no consequence, don't give her any credit for ending the war, people like John Kerry and Max Cleland don't even think it's over yet. It was my mistake, and I have paid and continue to pay a heavy price for it. . A photograph caught her looking through the scope of an anti-aircraft gun, surrounded by revolutionaries. Each of them suggested that they had done at least one interview with Fonda, and individually they were looking into the historical accuracy behind the claims made about Fonda and why she became such a lighting rod for controversy. There was a real Colonel Carrigan, and he was a POW in Vietnam. Megyn Kelly ended her 12-year run with Fox News in early 2017 in exchange for a weekday show at NBC. Libertarian commentator Jedediah Bila appeared on Fox's "Outnumbered" and later turned up on ABC's "The View.". I am trying to show up now.. Subsequently communist China was awarded a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, its most powerful chair. SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE DAILY NEWSLETTER, FIRST TAKE, Megyn Kelly Trashed by Rosie O'Donnell as 'Spineless Wanna Be Barbie' for Jane Fonda Spat, 'Jane Fonda in Five Acts' Film Review: Doc Explores the Many Lives of the Actress-Activist, How Jane Fonda Explains 'Hanoi Jane': 'Regret to My Dying Day', said she was among those at Fox News sexually harassed by Ailes. The "New World Order" of the capitalists and the communists is not "Jewish", sir. We're going to take them out. Mr. Nolan wrote something that helped me better understand the fury of this sort of reaction. Enjoy the rest of the conversation. Why? officer gets an idea. _taboola.push({ I agree with TheWrap's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and provide my consent to receive marketing communications from them. On a hot, stickyMay afternoon in 1970,a crowd of several thousand students and protesterstook over the University of Maryland mall. Fonda hasapologized for the liars and hypocrites statement, which she said she made out of anger that the Nixon Administration was lying about the extent of the POW torture for propaganda purposes. I want you to go home and say, "I'm sorry I got caught doing the wrong thing.". So I ask, should she have been put on trial for treason? North Vietnam, 1972,: Jane Fonda is in the midst of her visit when an N.V.A. Lee said she still loves being a journalist and thatshehas"some really big ideas on how to better serve you in that particular arena" without Fox News. If a prisoner tried to escape, it is quite understandable that he would probably be beaten and tortured.. She said: I have very few regrets. Fonda traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam, to protest the Vietnam War, but she did not do most of the things the post claims. I remember one retired lieutenant colonel describing a conversation he had with an angry trooper about the treasonous behavior of Jane Fonda in the midst of the 1968 Tet Offensive. It was my mistake and I have paid and continue to pay a heavy price for it.. Her name was Jane Fonda. America. The Ms. , we thought, would signal a bit of ironic distance from the broad, ingenu- ous affection contained in Miss America., It evidently didnt. When I contacted him, Benge confirmed that the story was indeed his own, and true." But because of the nature of Vietnam, McNamara said to me, if wed known what we know now it would have we should not have gone out. I will never know. However, since the majority of the stories cited in the e-mail have no proof behind them, I had to either give the e-mail "thumbs down" or "thumbs up" on the basis of the overall validity. These men were bombing and strafing and napalming the country, she said, according to an Associated Press report in April 1973, which quoted an interview she gave to KNBC-TV in Los Angeles. Over the years, as Fonda reinvented herself as a fitness maven and again a movie star, she apologized many times for the antiaircraft gunphoto.