Posted by Rhoda at 10:37 PM
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Barbara
Walters on Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda was on 3 times this week talking about her new book... and how good she feels in her 70's... She still
does not know what she did wrong... Her book just may not make the bestseller list if more people knew.
Barbara
Walters said: Thank you all. Many died in Vietnam for our freedoms. I
did not like Jane Fonda then and I
don't like her now. She can lead her present life the way she wants and
perhaps SHE can forget the past, but we DO NOT have to stand by without
comment and see her "honored" as a "Woman of the Century." (I remember
this well.)
For
those who served and/ or died... NEVER FORGIVE A TRAITOR. SHE REALLY
WAS A TRAITOR!! And now President Obama
wants to honor her!!!! In Memory of Lt. C. Thomsen Wieland, who spent
100 days at the Hanoi Hilton [infamous North Vietnam prison] --
This
is for all the kids born in the 70's and after who do not remember, and
didn't have to bear the burden that
our fathers, mothers and older brothers and sisters had to bear. Jane
Fonda is being honored as one of the "100 Women of the Century."
Barbara Walters writes: Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda
betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War.
Dragged from a stinking cesspit of a cell, cleaned, fed, and dressed in clean PJ's, he was ordered to describe for
a visiting American "peace activist" the "lenient and humane treatment" he'd received.
He
spat at Ms. Fonda, was clubbed, and was dragged away. During the
subsequent beating, he fell forward onto the
camp commandant 's feet, which sent that officer berserk. In 1978, the
Air Force Colonel still suffered from double vision (which permanently
ended his flying career) from the Commandant's frenzied application of a
wooden baton.
From
1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO (F-4E's). He spent 6
years in the " Hanoi Hilton"... the first
three of which his family only knew he was "missing in action." His
wife lived on faith that he was still alive. His group, too, got the
cleaned-up, fed and clothed routine in preparation for a "peace
delegation" visit.
They, however, had time and devised a plan to get word to the world that
they were alive and still survived. Each man secreted a tiny piece of paper, with his Social Security Number on it,
in the palm of his hand. When paraded before Ms.
Fonda and a cameraman, she walked the line, shaking each man's hand and
asking little encouraging snippets like: "Aren't you sorry you bombed
babies?" and "Are you grateful for the humane
treatment from your benevolent captors?"
Believing
this HAD to be an act, they each palmed her their sliver of paper.
She took them all without missing a beat... At the end of the line and once the camera stopped rolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs, she turned to the officer in charge and handed him all the little pieces of paper...
She took them all without missing a beat... At the end of the line and once the camera stopped rolling, to the shocked disbelief of the POWs, she turned to the officer in charge and handed him all the little pieces of paper...
Three men died from the subsequent beatings. Colonel Carrigan was almost number four but he survived, which is the
only reason we know of her actions that day.
I
was a civilian economic development advisor in Vietnam, and was
captured by the North Vietnamese communists in
South Vietnam in 1968, and held prisoner for over 5 years. I spent 27
months in solitary confinement; one year in a cage in Cambodia; and one
year in a 'black box' in Hanoi. My North Vietnamese captors deliberately
poisoned and murdered a female missionary,
a nurse in a leprosarium in Banme Thuot, South Vietnam, whom I buried
in the jungle near the Cambodian border. At one time, I weighed only
about 90 lbs. (My normal weight is 170 lbs.)
We
were Jane Fonda's "war criminals". When Jane Fonda was in Hanoi, I was
asked by the camp communist political
officer if I would be willing to meet with her. I said yes, for I
wanted to tell her about the real treatment we POWs received... and how
different it was from the treatment purported by the North Vietnamese,
and parroted by her as "humane and lenient." Because
of this, I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees, with my arms
outstretched with a large steel weight placed on my hands, and beaten
with a bamboo cane.
I had the opportunity to meet with Jane Fonda soon after I was released. I asked her if she would be willing to
debate me on TV. She never did answer me.
.These
first-hand
experiences do not exemplify someone who should be honored as part of
"100 Years of Great Women." Lest we forget... "100 Years of Great Women"
should never include a traitor whose hands are covered with the blood
of so many patriots. There are few things I
have strong visceral reactions to, but Hanoi Jane's participation in
blatant treason, is one of them.
Please take the time to forward to as many people as you possibly can. It will eventually end up on her computer,
and she needs to know that we will never forget.
RONALD D. SAMPSON, CMSgt, USAF 716 Maintenance Squadron, Chief of Maintenance DSN: 875-6431 COMM: 883-6343
PLEASE HELP BY SENDING THIS
TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.
IF ENOUGH PEOPLE SEE THIS MAYBE HER STATUS WILL CHANGE.