Re: I can't let it go...

Posted by Thomas Loecken on April 21, 2005 at 04:28:31 from (66.38.89.236):

In Reply to: I can't let it go... posted by Skip K. on April 20, 2005 at 23:45:52:

::::Looks like you posted a false story as fact. Like the guy says at the end, "she did enough wrong without making up stuff"""""" I don't think the guy running and hiding after he did it makes for a very good representative of the vets. tlak

It would seem...
" WE ARE HONORING A TRAITOR? "
IS NOTHING BUT A HOAX!

A shocking story about Jane Fonda and POW hit the Internet.
This story was false although it contained many verifiable facts.
The story has been repudiated by at least one of the POW named in the story.
This story is now considered a hoax and has taken its place among other urban legends.
You decide for yourself.

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OperationWoundedSoldiers.org/Alabama Soldiers' Angels
is proud to set the record straight.
~ Rita LaGrow / 2-7-2005

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Propaganda Masterpiece :
The trouble with the e-mail is that it is a blend of falsehood and truth,
in essence, a masterpiece of gray propaganda.
Based largely on well-known facts that made it believable and acceptable,
the story fits the public image that Jane Fonda has foolishly crafted for herself.

The first part of the phony story alleged that during Jane Fonda's
real visit to North Vietnam in 1972 several American POW
tried to pass their identity (social security numbers) to her
on tiny slips of paper, but that Fonda passed the little notes
to the POW's captors, who then proceeded to brutally beat
several of the POW.
One of the prisoners supposedly beaten was Col. Larry Carrigan.
One version of the story also mentions Col. Jerry Driscoll, USAF (Ret)
in the beating scenes.
Both Col. Carrigan and Col. Driscoll have denied this account
through Captain McGrath and others.

The second part of the bogus Fonda story is an account from Michael Benge.
Mr. Benge has confirmed this part of the e-mail as being correct.
After being asked if he would like to meet with Jane Fonda,
Benge told his captors he would tell Fonda "...about the real
treatment we POWs were receiving, which was far different
from the treatment purported by the North Vietnamese,
and parroted by Jane Fonda, as 'humane and lenient.
'" Benge said that when the Vietnamese found out his intentions;
"I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees with outstretched
arms with a piece of steel re-bar placed on my hands,
and beaten with a bamboo cane every time my arms dipped."

"Liars and hypocrites"
Despite the disinformation in the bogus story, the truth remains:
the POW were beaten and tortured.
But at a press conference Jane Fonda dismissed reports of
POWs being tortured and beaten, saying the POW were "liars and hypocrites."

Who benefits from a bogus Jane Fonda story?
Jane Fonda and her image rehabilitators, that's who.
Just picture a hand-wringing, tear-drenched Oprah Winfrey
television audience hanging on every word as a Fonda apologist says
"See! I told you! They'll do anything to crucify Jane Fonda.
They will even make up horrible lies about Jane Fonda just to drag her down."

As Captain Mike McGrath says;
"We don't want to be party to false stories, which could be used as an
excuse that her real actions didn't really happen either." (Ref.)

Captain McGrath is exactly right.
Jane Fonda can be thoroughly repudiated on the basis of the facts alone,
nobody needs to make up stories and muddy the waters.

I rest my case, the rest is for you to decide.

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