IJMC - Poison

Someone please remind me of the last time I got drunk. Rum'n'cokes
followed by port to keep the buzz on. Dang, I cannot even remember the
last time I got smashed. Go fig, a lady gets married so I get drunk. I
dunno, what else is there to say? Oh yeah, I have not even read today's
post. If it sucks, it sucks. If it's great, well, power to ya.    -dave






It is entitled: "Who is doing the honoring?"

Who is doing the honoring? Whether or not you believed in the war, this is
the story of an American's reprehensible actions towards other Americans
who were ordered to serve and did serve. McCain has "forgiven" her, more in
the spirit of making peace with another human being. He would probably not
support this award. Pass it on if you agree. Has THAT much time past? Have
Americans forgotten? Read this (its signed at the bottom): REMEMBER, SHE
WAS KNOWN TO US ALL AS - "HANOI JANE. Jane Fonda is being honored as one of
the ''100 Great Women of the Century.'' Unfortunately many have forgotten,
and still countless others have never known, how Ms. Fonda betrayed not
only idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during
Vietnam. Part of my conviction comes from personal exposure to those who
suffered her attentions. The first part of this is from a McDonnell Douglas
F-4E Phantom pilot. The pilot's name is Jerry Driscoll, a River Rat. In
1978, 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 PJs, 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 dragged away. During
the subsequent beating, he fell forward upon the camp commandant's feet,
which sent that officer berserk. In '78, the AF Col. still suffered from
double vision (which permanently ended his flying days) from the Vietnamese
Col.'s frenzied application of a wooden baton. From 1983-85, Col. Larry
Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO (F-4Es). He spent 6 years in the ''Hilton'' --
the first three of which he was ''missing in action.'' His wife lived on
faith that he was still alive. His group, too, got the cleaned / fed /
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
still survived. Each man secreted a tiny piece of paper, with his SSN 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 the little pile of papers. Three men died
from the subsequent beatings. Col. Carrigan was almost number four but he
survived, which is the only reason we know about 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 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 was weighing approximately 90
lbs. (My normal weight 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 Jane Fonda. I said yes, for I
would like to tell her 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.'' Because
of this, I spent three days on a rocky floor on my knees with outstretched
arms with a large amount of steel placed on my hands, and beaten with a
bamboo cane till my arms dipped. I had the opportunity to meet with Jane
Fonda for a couple of hours after I was released. I asked her if she would
be willing to debate me on TV. She did not answer me. This does 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 this on 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. Charles (Skip) Klingman, Asst. Professor of Music, Southwestern
Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK 73096, (580) 774-3219, FAX:
(580) 774-3795. If having Jane Fonda named one of the woman of the century
bothers you as much as it does me, then mail this to everyone on your Email
list.