Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the
“100 Women of the Century.”
BY BARBRA WALTERS

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 Vietnam.

The first part of this is from an F-4E pilot

The pilot’s name is Jerry Driscoll, a River Rat.

In 1968, the former Commandant of the USAF
Survival School was a POW in Ho Lo Prison
the “Hanoi Hilton.”

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
on to 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.

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 Ban me 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 weights 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

As for British families and/or tourists in New Orleans, perhaps they should have heeded the warnings from state and city officials which I am quite sure were on the TV? Could they not see a bloody big storm headed towards them? To say afterwards, ‘well the americans should have saved us,’ is ludicrous at best given the scale of the problem.

I’m not going to defend Galloway, but I still think the ONE point he made is valid.

Also, this isn’t a blog for dummies. We have some pretty talented thinkers around here and I expect them to use their best judgement and separate the message from the messenger. Some people think he lied, fine. Others won’t, and I felt it important to highlight that IF this did happen, it should come under greater scrutiny. I stick by that assertion.

The whole “screw the British” attitude is somewhat difficult to reconclie with facts we’ve seen so far. Obviously a lot of Americans — including those with children — got left behind. I wonder what the “criteria” were. Was the Ramada hotel staff evacuating people, or the police?

And I’ve read “Whenever you align yourself with George Galloway, expect to lose some credibility,” but I’m still trying to figure out whose credibility suffers more in this tratorious tag team. Galloway at least has political savvy and rhetorical skills going for him.

And honestly, it’s not up to Galloway to point to other stories. It’s up to you. It’s up to me. If he wants to highlight a problem that a British citizen had, that’s a unique right he has as a British citizen. That’s why I highlighted it. I understand you don’t agree with the fact it WAS highlighted, but that’s just how this story shook out.

And to Callimachus’ point, I too unfortunately expect Galloway to find some way to blame Bush for this. It will be interesting indeed.

“New Orleans police refused to evacuate British families from hotels before the hurricane struck …”

The interesting part will be watching him blame it on Bush and the Jewish Neocons. Sit back, give him time; he’ll find a way.

No excuses here. A good point is a good point, and no matter who makes it, the honus is on the person who would disprove it.

In any event, I still think Fonda discredits herself by aligning with Galloway. I’ve said as much and I’ll say it again when, and if, the opportunity presents itself.