tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271022348837921425.post2159145319985392439..comments2023-10-25T11:19:33.493-04:00Comments on The Steady Drip: Updated 1/24/14 at 4:02am EST for: Michelle Obama Chooses Jane Fonda as Role ModelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271022348837921425.post-58469274402329425622014-01-24T01:04:30.378-05:002014-01-24T01:04:30.378-05:00If Michelle Obama really “supports” Service Member...If Michelle Obama really “supports” Service Members, she will immediately “clarify” her laudatory remarks about “Hanoi Jane” Fonda and repudiate Fonda’s deplorable actions during the Vietnam War. Rather than being a “role model” as Ms Obama described her, Fonda should be lumped in with the likes of Benedict Arnold, Jonathan Pollard and Edward Snowden as a traitor. As a Vietnam Vet, I’m appalled at Ms Obama’s remark. <br /><br />I would mention that Newsweek’s 22 & 29 Aug 2011 Double Issue that featured an extremely laudatory piece on Fonda was one of the many faux pas that led to that once proud magazine’s demise. My favorite passage in that article began: “….her perceived antipathy for veterans during the Vietnam War ….” If “Hanoi Jane’s” actions could be described as “perceived antipathy,” as a Vietnam Vet (actually extended there) I’d hate to be around if she were to ever really get pissed off at me. At least they didn’t name here “Person of the Year!” but if you really want to hear my whole take on that article, check out my blog entry at: http://old-soldier-colonel.blogspot.com/2011/08/newsweek-article-pays-tribute-to-hanoi.html <br /><br />For the record Fonda visited Hanoi in July 1972 and made several false anti-American accusations that the North Vietnamese used for propaganda. During her trip, Fonda made ten radio broadcasts in which she denounced the American military as "war criminals;" and Hanoi Jane even had the audacity to be photographed manning a NVA anti-aircraft battery used to shoot down American planes.<br /><br />The Marriam-Webster Dictionary defines Traitor as: a person who is not loyal to his or her own country, friends, etc.: a person who betrays a country or group of people by helping or supporting an enemy. I believe that accurately describes Hanoi Jane!A_COLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073661182286977569noreply@blogger.com