Man spits on Fonda

[Infanteer]

Yes, true - it is definitely not something I would do, but I have more respect for a man who spits in someones face then I do for someone who sells out their fellow countryman and consorts with the enemy who sent 53,000 Americans home in bodybags.... :threat:

 

[COBRA-6]

Yes, true - it is definitely not something I would do, but I have more respect for a man who spits in someones face then I do for someone who sells out their fellow countryman and consorts with the enemy who sent 53,000 Americans home in bodybags.... :threat:

Seconded... I could only imagine how someone who was over there, and saw their buddies being wounded, maimed, tortured and killed would feel.

 

[Britney Spears]

I guess the whole "Vietnam War was a horrible mistake" tidbit isn't too popular around here eh?  If they had listened to Jane Fonda from the beginning, 3 million Vietnamese lives would have been saved (and the 58k Americans too, but really, it's a rather inconsequential number in comparision, isn't it? Go tell that to the Vietnamese, I'm sure they feel real sorry about it.). Who do you think got the last laugh out of that one? 

I still cannot find any details about the military background of this "Michael Smith" character. Any of you spitters care to enlighten me?

 

[Infanteer]

We're not debating the Vietnam War - as I said earlier, criticism and protest of government policies is perfectly valid.  But there is a difference to criticising your own country and actively supporting the hostile forces of another.  Despite what Anne Coulter spits out, Americans opposed to the war in Iraq or the War on Terror in general are not "traitors" or "disloyal" - they are exercising a democratic right to dissent.  John Walker Lindh is a traitor (unless he renounced his citizenship, did he ever?) and like Jane Fonda, crossed the line and broke the law; she willingly gave aid and support to those who would fight and kill her fellow countrymen.

 

[Britney Spears]

It is very much debatable whether Ms. Fonda actually broke the law (see the snopes link posted earlier, unless you have a better source). I am of the opinion that she did not, and apparently the US goverment agrees with me. If they thought otherwise she would no doubt have been prosecuted long ago. As I stated in my first post, I agree that her actions were inflamatory and could have been better thought out, but it is only by degree that I disagree with her setiment. I also find the amount of vitrol you guys manage to dredge up for a 60 year old victim of assault to be distasteful, but oh well, different strokes.....

 

[rcd33b]

It was outstanding-absolutely beautiful-first rate-fantastic-wonderful-long time coming-far less than she deserved-hollywood types are the last people in the world who should be given any type of a platform in political issues beyond what people who actually work for a living have access to. Their opinions are based upon no more information than what everyone else has access to and it is only because the media are so commie/hippie/pinko/dope smoking/left wing/liberal/long haired/maggot infested themselves that they get the coverage they do.  I know that all of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children stood up and cheered as a man upon hearing of this final salvo from someone who served and paid the price (many did their duty whether they agreed with the war or not), as opposed to those who turned chicken and ran (and think they should be rewarded and honored for doing so).  SEMPER FI!!!