Jane Fonda came clean in an interview with Chris Wallace about her Hanoi Jane days and her failure as a mother. JANE FONDA: I know what Im doing. ( New York: G.P. That's an apology. HANNITY: That's quite often in my case, by the way. Truman warned Chiang to integrate communists into China's nationalist government or American aid would be withdrawn. Sheturned down a four-year, $100 million offer to stay with Fox News saying that one of the reasonsfor her departure was to spend more time with her kids. Transcription Copyright 2005 eMediaMillWorks, Inc. (f/k/a Federal Document Clearing House, Inc.), which takes sole responsibility for the accuracy of the transcription. And heres Cat Ballou, the beautiful daughter of Young Abe Lincoln, of Mister Roberts, beaming down from a machine designed to kill them. The POWs are beaten. Manywere there to protest the Vietnam War. The cameras flash. I would like to hear more about this. And, you know, I think they thought, Oh, shes this white privilege rich, famous daughter of all of that stuff. JANE FONDA: it was a mistake to go, I never wanted to go to any military installations. His alliance with the Reds made sense, since both upheld elite control of the world. She said: I have very few regrets. I mean, the reality is, there were 24,000 American troops on the ground in South Vietnam. After Fonda returned from hertrip, the State Department spoke out against her. I find that intolerable.. America. The Ms. , we thought, would signal a bit of ironic distance from the broad, ingenu- ous affection contained in Miss America. The one story that was true never touched the question of whether or not she directly participated in war crimes. No article of ours gets hundreds of letters, but this one did, very few of them friendly. 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. Just before that experience, she said the words that continued to play through her head were: All men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. T. Jefferson. Heres Kellys take on what she called Fondas poor me routine. Peter Braunsteins article speculated that Jane Fonda had this ability to a degree unique in modern times. I think you'll find that those are things on a more personal level than stupdities and worse committed by LBJ, Congress, and Nixon. If a prisoner tried to escape, it is quite understandable that he would probably be beaten and tortured., Also Read: How Jane Fonda Explains 'Hanoi Jane': 'Regret to My Dying Day', Even she had to apologize years later for that gun picture True. However, you may note that the Left still presumes to lecture the rest of us often concerning foreign policy on a regular basis. We now see a pattern of sedition/treason. Have a tip or story idea? She said It is possible it was a setup, I will never know. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Peter Braunsteins article speculated that Jane Fonda had this ability to a degree unique in modern times. Kelly responded with a cannon by bringing up the time Fonda posed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. He was Americas most famous pediatrician. In 1972, the Academy Award-winning actress and activist traveled to North Vietnam and was photographed laughing and clapping along with Vietnamese soldiers. Id been getting pretty sour about the incensed patriots who would curse me and my family and confidently speak on behalf of all veterans living and dead, and the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress, to declare I was a disgrace to America for running that storythen conclude by smugly assuring me they would never read it. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Congress held hearings. Fonda was accused of engaging in war crimes on behalf of the North Vietnamese. For a great many people, its not enough that Jane Fonda went to North Vietnam, offered encouragement to an army that was daily killing her countrymen, climbed up on that anti-aircraft gun, insisted that all American prisoners were well treated, and so on. Ms. Fonda only met with those POW's who had sold out their fellow POW's, who willingly (without torture) made propaganda statements for their captors, and who enjoyed privileges of medical care, food, and even night-time excursions into Hanoi to watch movies in return. If it wasn't I must be missing something. But she maintains she was not a traitor by speaking out against the war or trying to turn soldiers against it, because she still believesthe U.S. government was lying to them. COLMES: She did say that she was sorry. I plead with him, You have to be sure those photographs are not published. Here it is. Its folklore, but folklore of a curiously evolved sort. Nobody remembers, nobody cares. Trusted Writing on History, Travel, and American Culture Since 1949. But the action that still enrages veterans most was that photograph of her with North Vietnamese troops onan antiaircraft gunthat would have been used to shoot down American planes. But he never met Jane Fonda, and he has no idea how the maddening tale attached itself to him. https://twitter.com/MegynTODAY/status/955454505067470848. 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. 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. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Here are her comments: Many of our veterans still call her Hanoi Jane thanks to her radio broadcasts, which attempted to shame American troops. How unfair! Jane Fonda tested the limits of patriotic dissent. 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. Fonda told Wallace that she did not like the nickname she was given, but she stuck by her choice to oppose the war. The actual allegation took the form of an email citing the alleged experiences of a number of Viet Nam War veterans at the hands of Jane Fonda. They held signs that read Forgive? I get up, and as I start to walk back to the car with the translator, the implication of what has just happened hits me. Did our government lie to us during Vietnam? No one with half a brain took Jane Fonda seriously then, or for that matter, now. You know, we can we can scare her, and boy did they try? Jane Fonda is a star of stage and screen whose career began in 1960. JANE FONDA: Well, I didnt like it. But also admits to consulting with psychics. 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. These horrendous claims went around the nation on the Internet, resulting in a great deal of anger and consternation among veterans. Shewas active in the Black Panthers and marched for the rights of American Indians, soldiers and working mothers. JANE FONDA: It was a terrible mistake. She called our POWs hypocrites and liars and referred to their torture as understandable. And its about a woman who had a capacity for reinvention that, like Jay Gatsbys, was the more effective for her whole-souled belief in what she devised. She said in a 1973 interview elaborating on the hypocrites and liars statement that it would be understandable for the North Vietnamese to torture POWs who tried to escape. He collects a group of American POWs from their septic dungeons, cleans them up, and has them mustered on parade to show his guest how well his embattled nation treats its prisoners. "STRATAGEMS of DEFEAT AND NO-WIN WARS Pleasant Michigan, where Mary Hersberger (Capital University) and Jerry Kembcke (Holy Cross College) both gave papers on Fonda. The financial elite then move into the vacuum, establish central banks, and issue debt-credit to the devastated populations. Dave Whether youre a lifelong resident of D.C. or you just moved here, weve got you covered. Its something very like the worst sort of lovers betrayal, the deep wound that time itself often is powerless to heal. At that time, over 60,000 American soldiers had lost their lives, and almost one million Vietnamese. Politicians make mistakes that affect the body politic and statesmen sometimes direct a foreign policy that disregards individuals in the national interest. Fonda addresses the media in December 1972 to protest U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War. Troop B, 2nd squadron, 17th Cavalry, RVN, 1969-70 It is nothing more and nothing less than the full culmination of Greco-Roman Humanism as it has defined itself throughout the thousands of years. However, the fact that she advocated Communism does not give anyone license to make up stories or slander. If I was Vietnamese, I probably would have tried to do the same thing, you know, but I should not have gone. I mean Alan, this woman was totally caught up in the age of the '60s, the rhetoric of the '60s, and quite frankly I feel sorry for her, because she's not out of it. Of course, she was a Vietnamese. Youre gonna come through it, okay. Once U.S. forces were committed in large numbers the U.S. federal government, as in Korea, prohibited them from attacking specified enemy sanctuaries (staging areas) into which the communists retreated, regrouped, re-armed and launched renewed attacks. I appealed to them to please consider what you are doing. If I was used, I allowed it to happen. They landed two months later on 7 May with the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. The Roger Ailes and Bill OReilly scandals have cast even some old departures in a new light. Coffee houses. Screw you. She now works at Reuters. Here is my best, honest recollection of what took place. 1991) Pages 225-229. More than 58,000 Americans died in the war.. Bates (private citizen), What do all you old sober sides make of this thesis? She went to Hanoi that year to tour villages, cities and infrastructure. A series of photos of her sitting at an NVA anti-aircraft battery earned her the nickname Hanoi Jane and the undying spite of Vietnam veterans everywhere. There were also rumors she turned over secret messages from POWs to their captors. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. It never happened. Fonda traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam, to protest the Vietnam War, but she did not do most of the things the post claims. COLMES: Many of us forgive many of us forgive George W. Bush (search) for being young and irresponsible, and maybe we can also forgive Jane Fonda. She said: I have very few regrets. Hanoi Jane told 60 Minutes that photos snapped while she sat on an enemy aircraft gun was a betrayal and the largest lapse of judgment I can imagine. Though she did say, meeting the locals, other artists, and intellectuals were well worth it. Read more >>, The magazine was forced to suspend print publication in 2013, but a group of volunteers saved the archives and relaunched it in digital form in 2017. How Jane Fondas 1972 trip to North Vietnam earned her the nickname Hanoi Jane, The 27 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week, Tom Wilson gives Capitals a boost on an otherwise painful night in Anaheim, Corey Dickerson aims to lead and have a bounce-back year with Nats. Many Americans traveled to So did Joan Baez and William Sloane Coffin, Noam Chomsky and Pete Seeger, Rennie Davis and Judy Collins. JANE FONDA: It was a terrible mistake. Her rebellion against the foreign policies of the United States suggested to many outraged Americans that treason might have an All-American face, a familiar accent, and be closer to home than the Other that had previously been assumed to embody the enemy. That is not my place. But look, you have more to talk to us about something you're going to show us. "Flashpoint Vietnam," the real story about the road to the war. [3] And she referred to the POW's as hypocrites and liars.[4]. But literally working hand-in-hand with the enemy to promote their cause to a worldwide audience was not protected by the First Amendment then just as it is not protected now. If a prisoner tried to escape, it is quite understandable that he would probably be beaten and tortured.. Youre gonna come through it, okay. What followed was a long-lasting wave of criticism and international outrage that earned Fonda the nickname " 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. NORTH: As a matter of fact, no. The story surfaced on the Internet in 1999, and my guess is that it will live there a long time. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. She was reportedly also an aspirant for a role on "Fox & Friends," the network's morning show. She apologized for being on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun site. The Bushes have a long-standing relationship with Red China, one that has hardmed our national security, yet few attack them as vociferously as Fonda was attacked. Please try again later. In July 1972, during the waning days of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, actress Jane Fonda incurred the enmity of untold thousands of Vietnam veterans and their families (as well as service members for generations to come) when she arrived in Hanoi, North Vietnam, and began a two-week tour of the country. Rudi Bakhtiar jumped from CNN to Fox News in 2006. Daughter of legendary Henry Fonda, actress, and activist was one of the most outspoken people against the Vietnam War at the age of 34. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. The war was being fought by the air during during the Nixon administration. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: Jane Fonda says she is sorry for some of her actions during the Vietnam War. Yeah, said my stepdaughter, Jill, when I told her about this. Mr. Nolan wrote something that helped me better understand the fury of this sort of reaction. 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There is no doubt these treasonous no-win US wars were meant to disillusion the American nation into accepting loss of sovereignty and one world government." I make it a habit not to intervene as an intern. As I tell my students when we discuss the proper use of testimony, we probably ought not to listen to Jane Fonda on things dealing with foreign affairs but if our goal is to rid our aging bodies from the ravages of cellulite then Fonda can be considered an authority! Meanwhile the mass media suddenly reversed its pro-war policy: denying our beleaguered troops moral support from home. Good question here Richard: "My question is, when will people like Fonda and Kerry (unlike Joan Baez) take responsibility for what they have wrought -- the totalitarian system that gave us re-education camps and the boat people?" She has to be a murderess too. If I was Vietnamese, I probably would have tried to do the same thing, you know, but I should not have gone. "CHINA: Following WWII, Mao Tse-Tung, financed by the international banks, led his Chinese communists in an armed conflict against nationalist China under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, America's ally against Japan. FONDA: I'm charging the government with genocide, with genocide. . Even she had to apologize years later for that gun picture, but not for the rest of it. In her 2005 memoir, My Life So Far, Fonda wrote of the infamous photo this way: Still,for some veterans, no apology from Fonda will ever change their views of her as an adversaryof America and the troops during wartime. There's nothing like a historian 'cherry-picking' his citations or only presenting a partial 'truth' from his source. Jane, now 84, is NORTH: Well, all I did was present the facts. She was a symbol of a divided nation. Fonda told the audience that their protests saddened her. HANNITY: Is Jane Fonda really sorry or just trying to sell her brand new book? And you know, maybe I was set up but I was an adult, its Im gonna take responsibility for it. At the time, Hanoi Jane was serenaded with a Communist folk song and was led to a weapon that had shot down many American aircraft, and photos were immediately taken. Only the bankers know. It was my mistake, and I have paid and continue to pay a heavy price for it. To begin with, the title is deliberately misleading: his real point has nothing to do with Jane Fonda. I should have been clearer that my anger back then was at the Nixon Administration. Truman refused. This, probably more than anything, earned her the nickname Hanoi Jane.. Maybe. Joining us now is the host of "War Stories," who fought in Vietnam, Colonel Oliver North is with us. Mao Tse-Tung, of "Little Red Book" fame, and darling of the New York-Hollywood "elite", then proceeded to murder 65 million of his countrymen in what David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski call "a glorious revolution." 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. For a great many people, its not enough that Jane Fonda went to North Vietnam, offered encouragement to an army that was daily killing her countrymen, climbed up on that anti-aircraft gun, insisted that all American prisoners were well treated, and so on. I agree with TheWrap's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and provide my consent to receive marketing communications from them. Considering the admonition about Caesar's wife, perhaps HNN should remove you as an intern. http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa110399b.htm. However, it was a bit too long, and Dr. Shenkman needed it shortened in the interest of time. Whether Fonda wanted to shame troops is subjective. After all, she is an American; surely shell carry the message home to the families that their husband or son is alive. Kelly was defending herself after Fonda said over the weekend that the question was so inappropriate and that Kelly is not that good an interviewer.. 1972: 'Hanoi' Jane--Text from CNN.com, "Vietnam: Echoes of War, Cultural Timeline" Jane Fonda -- actress, political activist and partner of anti-war The "advisors" assisted inept South Vietnamese in their ongoing war against the North Vietnamese, who also happened to be communists. "KOREA: Shortly thereafter Truman, with Congress averting its eyes, committed U.S. troops to Korea. Do any right-wingers ever decry the fact that Bush and the conservatives overthrew Aristide because he was a socialists----then invited the Chinese Communists in to our hemisphere? Even so, the main focus of my essay was whether Jane Fonda participated in war crimes, not whether she was morally culpable for her part as an apologist for the mistreatment of POW's (she was). He hadnt liked the story but at least was willing to discuss it.
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