By Carmine Santa Maria
A traitor is back again spreading her celebrity across America… Some of you may remember the columns I did on the traitorous Jane Fonda. The same traitor who recently starred in the movie “Monster-in-Law.” The same traitor who sold millions of dollars of exercise tapes which are being re-released in DVD format. Well “Barbarella,” aka ex-Mrs. Ted Turner, ex-Mrs. Tom Hayden, ex-Mrs. Roger Vadim is back in the limelight again. This time she’s taking a political approach and jumping on the anti-war bandwagon. Now, why am I bringing up this piece of American trash again? Because this last weekend, I saw Jane Fonda in the Daily News at the anti-war rally that she organized in Washington, pictured with other ultra-liberal Academy Award winners Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon. Peas in a pod, this trio uses their celebrity for whatever cause they feel is right…or should I say left. Whether you agree with President Bush or not, the sentiment in Congress is to bring our troops back alive. However, to have Hanoi Jane as the spokeswoman for their case is demeaning, offensive and totally contrary to her track record of supporting our boys before. She was labeled Hanoi Jane for a very good reason. She should have been hung for giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Those celebrities and politicians who joined her rally unfortunately gave credence to her protesting posture. I looked up in my files and came up with this e-mail. “This is for all the kids born in the 70's that do not remember, and didn't have to bear the burden that our fathers, mothers and older brothers and sisters had to bear. Jane Fonda was honored as one of the 100 Women of the Century In a 20/20 broadcast special. 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 column is taken from an e-mail from an F-4E pilot. The pilot's name is Jerry Driscoll. 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 in front of 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 Camp Commandant's frenzied application of a wooden baton. From 1963-65, Col. Larry Carrigan was in the 47FW/DO (F-4E's). He spent six 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 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 in1968, and held prisoner for over five 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 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, CM Sgt, USAF 716 Maintenance Squadron, Chief of Maintenance DSN: 875-6431 COMM: 883-6343” Here are some quotes attributed to Traitor Jane, two which appear apologetic and of very little comfort to the families of the POWs who didn’t make it. “If you understood what Communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that one day we would become Communist.” (Speaking to students at the University of Michigan in 1970)” “It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanized such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless.” [Expressing regret at her support for the Viet Cong]” “The image of Jane Fonda, Barbarella, Henry Fonda's daughter … sitting on an enemy aircraft gun (in North Vietnam) was a betrayal…The largest lapse of judgment that I can even imagine.” Are we to believe this Peacenik? Should her efforts be the reason we want our troops back safe? No, a noble rally was tainted by this traitor’s involvement. Why wasn’t she hung for her traitorous involvement, I don’t know. But, she should be hung just for the reported incidents mentioned in this column…AND HUNG HIGH! Screech at you next week!
