Should Jane Fonda be honored as one of the "100 Greatest Women of the 20th Century"?

LTC Stephen F. — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:26:35 -0400

A friend forwarded an email which indicated there were plans to honor Jane Fonda as as one of the "100 Women of the 20th Century."
[Update After some fact checking it seems that this email originated in 2010 or 2011 and was debunked]
I certainly hope that Jane Fonda will never be honored as one of the great women of the 20th century. If she is I hope it is at least a couple months after Veterans Day, not near Memorial Day or July 4 for that matter.
What are your thoughts on this?

Response by SGT Jeremiah B. made Oct 21 at 2015 7:30 PM

SGT Jeremiah B. — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:30:13 -0400

http://www.factcheck.org/2010/11/blame-jane-falsehoods/

Blame Jane Falsehoods

For those of you too young to remember Hanoi Jane is a bad person and did some terrible things during the Vietnam war. Things that can not be forgiven!!!!

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made Oct 21 at 2015 7:40 PM

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:40:06 -0400

No way ...

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 21 at 2015 7:43 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:43:47 -0400

Absolutely not Sir. I will never forget.

Response by CMSgt James Nolan made Oct 21 at 2015 7:54 PM

CMSgt James Nolan — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:54:27 -0400

In a word, NO

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Oct 21 at 2015 8:01 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:01:20 -0400

Personally I think Jane Fonda should never be honored for what she did in 1972 as she "visited" Hanoi and did nothing to help the POWS while she posed for pictures with NVA soldiers.

Response by CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter made Oct 21 at 2015 8:06 PM

CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:06:36 -0400

I have a hard time talking about this person. The day she burns in hell will be a good day for me

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 21 at 2015 8:45 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:45:56 -0400

God would punish me if I put my thoughts into words. What the heck, He already has enough on me..., "she ah numba huckin 10."

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 21 at 2015 9:08 PM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:08:26 -0400

Not only no, but hell no!

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 21 at 2015 9:13 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:13:59 -0400

Sure! In North Viet Nam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 21 at 2015 9:16 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:16:11 -0400

BITE YOUR TONGUE!

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Oct 21 at 2015 10:34 PM

SSgt Alex Robinson — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:34:00 -0400

She is a disgrace and a traitor....

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 21 at 2015 10:34 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:34:29 -0400

The visit by a key figure of the counterculture was entirely legal at the time. It has since been made illegal. I'm only trying to point out there was a loophole just like with LSD.

Response by SGM Steve Wettstein made Oct 21 at 2015 11:09 PM

SGM Steve Wettstein — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:09:09 -0400

LTC Stephen F. Not hardly.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Oct 21 at 2015 11:09 PM

Capt Seid Waddell — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:09:36 -0400

Only in a very sick world.

Response by CSM Charles Hayden made Oct 21 at 2015 11:54 PM

CSM Charles Hayden — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:54:55 -0400

LTC Stephen F. If we had reliable weather forecasters that would guarantee a thunderstorm accompanied by a 6.0 earthquake, we might schedule a parade in some dark ghetto alley!

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 21 at 2015 11:55 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:55:31 -0400

She was certainly an impactful woman of the 20th century. "Great" is in the eye of the beholder.
For my Vietnam Vet friends, I saw this in my local VFW. Kills me every time.

Response by SN Greg Wright made Oct 22 at 2015 1:12 AM

SN Greg Wright — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 01:12:28 -0400

LTC Stephen F. She absolutely is one of the 100 greatest women of the 20th century.

One of the 100 greatest TRAITORS of the 20th century. Men or Women.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Oct 22 at 2015 1:29 AM

SFC Mark Merino — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 01:29:44 -0400

I didn't realize Barbarella was that good of a movie.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Oct 22 at 2015 1:45 AM

CAPT Kevin B. — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 01:45:30 -0400

Using Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) as a baseline, Hanoi Jane is still on my Sierra List primarily because she voluntarily aided the enemy vs. Iva not renouncing her citizenship and acquiescing under great pressure. Jane went, came back, and la de dah'ed it for years. To this day, I believe Jane thinks it wasn't a big deal. A few years in prison would have likely made her a better person for it. But that presumes a full vetting in court would give that result. Given the time and circumstance, Jane was stupidly naive at best and a criminal at worst but likely somewhere in between.

Response by SSG Warren Swan made Oct 22 at 2015 6:23 AM

SSG Warren Swan — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 06:23:14 -0400

Sure why not? She can chill with Snowden, Maning, Arnold, the Walkers and more as a proud member of 100 of America's greatest traitors. I'm all for that.

Response by 1SG Charles Hunter made Oct 22 at 2015 9:38 AM

1SG Charles Hunter — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 09:38:09 -0400

Sure--about the same time John Anthony Walker is named an "American Hero."

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 22 at 2015 10:39 AM

Capt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:39:09 -0400

Send her to Hanoi to be honored.

Response by Cpl Dennis F. made Oct 22 at 2015 11:06 AM

Cpl Dennis F. — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:06:12 -0400

Yes, we should absolutely shoot her ass into permanent low earth orbit to honor her!

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Oct 22 at 2015 11:16 AM

MCPO Roger Collins — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:16:47 -0400

Only if she is given proper credit for her work in "Barberella" and the picture of her sitting on the North Viet Nam 12.7 anti-aircraft weapon during our war with the country that resulted in the deaths of over 58000 of our military.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 22 at 2015 11:38 AM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:38:17 -0400

wait .... who the hell is she anyway? she should be gone and disappear from everywhere.

Response by SFC James Pritchert made Oct 22 at 2015 9:59 PM

SFC James Pritchert — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:59:21 -0400

Still too controversial.

Response by Cpl Mark McMiller made Oct 24 at 2015 4:30 AM

Cpl Mark McMiller — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 04:30:44 -0400

Whaaaaaat? What has Jane Fonda done that even remotely resembles great? She's a traitor who should have been tried for treason.

Response by MSG Michael Murphy made Oct 26 at 2015 11:29 PM

MSG Michael Murphy — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 23:29:47 -0400

No Sir maybe in Hanoi but not in the US

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Feb 28 at 2016 9:59 PM

MCPO Roger Collins — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:59:52 -0500

Absolutely, IF the logic is due to her performance in Barberella, the movie. She was great. If her actions, in VN as a traitorous whore, no.

Response by SP5 John Slingerland made Jun 14 at 2018 7:07 PM

SP5 John Slingerland — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 19:07:23 -0400

when that bitch came home she should have been tried for treason and the murder of several of our brave prisoners of war after her conviction she should then be given a sentence of death by firing squad and i as well as all our troops who served would volunteer to put a bullet right between the bitches eyes and i would not miss.

Response by Sgt Lee Dutra made Jun 14 at 2018 7:31 PM

Sgt Lee Dutra — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 19:31:18 -0400

Not in a million years!