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It's in the history books for Gods sake. Then she is estranged from her wacko husband and it suddenly hits the internet. Add to that loathsome rigthwing moralising and the destruction of her charactor is a foregone conclusion. I wonder how much money was spent on spreding this garbarge.
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mooning the house that Ruth built.
Oct 1999 time: 21:25
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Yes, that was wrong, but it's not like our guys were so nice to captured Vietnamese either. Remember both MtG's and Chris62's reaction to my thread on the Winter Soldier's investigations? They catagorically refused to believe that American soldiers participated in attrocities (with the exception of Song Mai, aka, Mai Li, and then they still try and "justify" it). I'm not justifying what she said, but there is often a refusal to believe that your heroes engage in such things. |
Whoa, there, boy.
What I said (and I thought it was GP, not the Yank, but he was pretty close to the same general position as mine) is that I don't believe the unsupported after-the-fact allegations by people who were self-claimed participants or witnesses, but took no action, made no reports, and made no effort to record or document in detail what allegedly happened at the time or through the proper channels for such reports.
Some guy standing up years after the fact, with no evidence, saying: "I'm Billy-Bob and I was in the 5417th Babykiller Battalion stationed in Krap Hol, Laos, and we shot a bunch of gooks for fun on some day, but I can't really remember when, but a bunch of us was there, and we never reported it, but it happened, really, and now I'm a reformed babykiller" just doesn't cut it with me.
That's not at all a categorical denial that nothing ever happened anywhere outside My Lai. It's a categorical denial that unsupported, unsubstantiated after-the-fact claims, following a deliberate choice to say nothing and report nothing at the time (if there was in fact anything to report) does not create the "fact" of an atrocity or murder out of thin air.
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MichaeltheGreat
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mooning the house that Ruth built.
Oct 1999 time: 21:25
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara
A lot of folks forget, many, many US servicemen and women were opposed to the war in Vietnam as well, and that when they got home, they formed the largest section of tha anti-war movement. |
They didn't, however, make propaganda broadcasts for the enemy, etc. I don't support the war in Vietnam, and never did (despite having quite a few Vietnamese acquaintances over the years, all ex-boat people, all with an emphatic antipathy to the commie regime. My brother died as a result of the Vietnam war. I never supported the damn thing, but what Fonda did went way over the line of legitimate protest and opposition (and protected free speech).
Her being lumped in with anti-war protestors, particularly the VVAW and other vets who opposed the war, is an insult to all of them.
She should have had her citizenship revoked and been told she was welcome to remain in North Vietnam for the rest of her days.
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of The Cooler
Sep 1999 time: 23:25
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But Che,
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Jan 1970 time: 05:25
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The Vietnam War was morally wrong, and the US was one of the aggressors/instigators, not to mention we were supporting a terrible dictatorship (South Vietnam). That being the case, how would it be any more justified to spout propaganda in favor of the US or South Vietnam than in favor of North Vietnam?
Both sides were extremely immoral, and it's wrong to say either of them were good, but I suppose on balance it's good that the US "lost" (not militarily), since it was a war that we prolonged by our propping up of a dictatorship.
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Kramerman
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UT, Austin - The live music capital of the world
Jun 2002 time: 23:25
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hmm.. i thought this was interesting. Here are some direct quotes from some of Jane's propaganda radio messages she did while in North Vietnam:
quote: "I'm very honored to be a guest in your country, and I loudly condemn the crimes that have been committed by the U.S. Government in the name of the American people against your country. A growing number of people in the United States not only demand an end to the war, an end to the bombing, a withdrawal of all U.S. troops, and an end to the support of the Thieu clique, but we identify with the struggle of your people. We have understood that we have a common enemy: U.S. imperialism."
"I want to publicly accuse Nixon of being a new-type Hitler whose crimes are being unveiled. I want to publicly charge that while waging the war of aggression in Vietnam he has betrayed everything the American people have at heart. The tragedy is for the United States and not for the Vietnamese people, because the Vietnamese people will soon regain their independence and freedom . . ."
"To the U.S. servicemen who are stationed on the aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin, those of you who load the bombs on the planes should know that those weapons are illegal. And the use of those bombs or condoning the use of those bombs, makes one a war criminal."
"I'm not a pacifist. I understand why the Vietnamese are fighting . . . against a white man's racist aggression. We know what U.S. imperialism has done to our country so we know what lies in store for any third world country that could have the misfortune of falling into the hands of a country such as the United States and becoming a colony . . . You know that when Nixon says the war is winding down, that he's lying."
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Kramerman
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UT, Austin - The live music capital of the world
Jun 2002 time: 23:25
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Some more interesting quotes on the subject, by various people:
quote: Lt. Cmdr. John McCain said, "These people, Ramsey Clark, Tom Hayden, and Jane Fonda, were on the side of the North Vietnamese. I think she only saw eight selected prisoners. I was beaten unmercifully for refusing to meet with the visitors."
Maj. Harold Kushner said, "I think the purposes of Fonda and Clark were to hurt the United States, to radicalize our young people, and to undermine our authority."
Col. Alan Brunstrom said, "We felt that any Westerners who showed up in Hanoi were on the other side. They gave aid and comfort to the enemy, and as far as I'm concerned, they were traitors."
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EDIT: these appear legit, but cant be certain.
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001 time: 13:25
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Anyone have the quotes where she called US soldiers liars?
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