Hanoi Jane is Back!
Jane Fonda is ready to exercise her political beliefs once again
Jane Fonda, the American actress and infamous protestor from the Vietnam era, announced her plans to embark on a cross-country roadtrip to protest the war in Iraq during an event to promote her autobiography, Jane Fonda: My Life So Far.
“I can’t go into any detail except to say that it’s going to be pretty exciting,” Fonda told an audience Saturday in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Fonda, 67, has not spoken out on any war since taking her infamous stand against the Vietnam war.
The two-time Oscar winner ignited major controversy and earned the nickname “Hanoi Jane” after she was photographed posing atop a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun while touring Vietnam in support of ending the war. ……
Though in recent months Fonda said she regretted the photo op, many Vietnam vets remain unwilling to let go of their grudges against the actress.
In April, one veteran decided to remind Fonda that he hadn’t forgiven or forgotten the incident by waiting in line for hours at a Kansas City book signing for the sole purpose of spitting a mouthful of tobacco juice in her face.
Another veteran made his anti-Fonda stance clear in May, when he refused to screen Monster-in-Law at either of the two movie theaters he owns in Kentucky.
However, spitting-mad vets or no, Fonda is determined to make her stance on U.S. military operations in Iraq known.
“I’ve decided I’m coming out,” she told the audience members, hundreds of whom cheered in support.
This time around, Fonda will be traveling aboard a vegetable oil-powered bus, accompanied by her daughter and the families of Iraq war veterans.
She told her audience she was urged to break her silence by numerous veterans she has met on her nationwide book tour.
“I have not taken a stand on any war since Vietnam,” Fonda said. “I carry a lot of baggage from that.”
Her roadtrip is expected to commence in March 2006, though her itinerary has not yet been finalized.
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