Re: OFF TOPIC -Hanoi Jane anti-war bus tour

I am old enough to remember first hand. I am old enough to have protested
the Korean War (and was threatened with expulsion from high school at the
time). I protested the Vietnam War, too, but what Jane Fonda did was not
protest. It went beyond that. What she did was unbelievable. She did take
sides with the enemy and she did speak against the armed forces--even though
it was not then a voluntary army but consisted of many who were themselves
opposed to the war. The thing with the prisoners, and turning over notes to
the enemy may or not be true, and I can't quite go with the photos taken
being "out of context". She was young and stupid, and may very well in
hindsight regret what she did, but based on the facts I remember at the
time, her actions did verge on treason.

Barb C.
"Sandi" <sanditypes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "DJGordon" <danigordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> If you read her book, you would understand about that picture at the
>> armament. It's not like it was a "pose" for Vogue or something...and
>> consorting with the enemy...well, have we not "consorted" with every
>> enemy we have at one time or another to get things we want, like POWs
>> released, etc? She said that picture has been taken out of context and,
>> well, here:
>>
>> "regrets the pictures taken of her at the gun emplacement.
>> She said it made it appear as though she was celebrating armaments aimed
>> at American planes, which was not how she felt and was not the context in
>> which the pictures were taken.
>> She reminds readers that the U.S. investigated her trip and found no
>> reason to bring any charges against her.
>> She describes her longstanding support of, and interaction with, U.S.
>> military personnel and says her only beef was with the U.S. government,
>> not the troops."
>>
>> Dani
>>
> Her book notwithstanding, imagine the same woman goes over to Iraq and
> hangs out with, is photographed with, and openly takes the side of the
> terrorists (the word "insurgents" is a euphemism). Is that okay with you?
>
> Sandi
>


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