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Originally Posted by host
You have a very strong opinion that does not stand up to the facts, and you
offer a link to a photo to defend your point. Hayden was divorced from Fonda for many years when he wrote to defend her motives for her actions in Hanoi last year. Isn't ironic that Nixon was impeached, resigned in disgrace, and that the succeeding president, Ford, felt so certain that Nixon would be indicted, that he quickly issued Nixon a blanket pardon, in advance of any indictment?
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Actually, Nixon wasn't impeached (Clinton was). Ford stated that his purpose in pardoning Nixon was to keep the country from bogging down in Watergate for years.
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You display a black or white perspective when confronted with a very complicated set of circumstances. The person that you attempt to smear and
label as treasonous, damaged her reputation protesting against and exposing a corrupt president and his administration that lied to the world, committed war crimes, and recorded many of their discussions for posterity.
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I believe that President Kennedy sent the first "advisors" to Vietnam, and it has been reliably reported (by the pilot involved--I've read his book and spoken with him about it) that LBJ lied about Tonkin Gulf II, which was his basis for dramatically increasing the number of US troops there. Records also indicate that LBJ was well aware that he was sending our soldiers to needless deaths.
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Jane Fonda was not indicted, or pardoned. The authorities that she challenged and exposed, were! Your apparent anger and loathing are misplaced, and I doubt that there is any hope of persuading you to think any differently. Others will read our exchanges and draw their own conclusions.
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A huge percentage of Vietnam vets would tell you that Jane Fonda caused the deaths of some of our servicemen, and extended the imprisonment time of others.
They're not going to forgive her just because she'd like to sell more copies of her book.
It would also be helpful if you would not intermingle Vietnam with Watergate. Your use of Watergate sequelae to discuss Vietnam is not logical.