Despite repeated claims, Hanoi Jane Fonda has never apologized for her treasonous collaboration with the Vietnamese Communists. Writing that it was "a betrayal" and "a lapse of judgment" is a confession, not an apology." - Walter Inge in a letter to the editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, quoted by Michelle Malkin in Hanoi Jane rides again.
"Fonda's cynical non-apology "apology" keeps making headlines, just as she and her book publicists had hoped. This isn't about making amends. This is about making money." - Michelle Malkin in Hanoi Jane rides again.
"I tuned in to the Barbara Walters special to hear Jane's much publicized apology to Vietnam vets. Most of what Jane said sounded sincere but rehearsed. Tom's name was not mentioned, obviously by pre-arrangement with the interviewer. Jane reaffirmed her patriotism and her good intentions at the time she went to Vietnam." - Fred Gardner
"If she was truly sorry about that trip to Hanoi, Jane should have forgotten about the antiaircraft carrier and apologized for all the other things that happened during her visit, things that were far more malicious than that moment when radical chic turned into radical kitsch." - Peter Collier, The Bane that is Jane: Miss Fonda in her own mind, National Review, July 17, 2000.
"It is often said that Hanoi Jane apologized for her treachery. She didn't. Any true apology goes something along the lines of 'I was wrong, please forgive me.'" - apocryphal, - from Hanoi Jane Apology?
"IN THE LATEST ISSUE of O, Oprah Winfrey's lifestyle magazine for women who love scented candles and non-dairy whipped cream, Jane Fonda sorta-kinda-maybe apologizes again for her actions during the Vietnam War." - Jonah Goldberg, "If Fonda is sorry, let her say so", Jewish World Journal, June 23, 2000.
"Fonda seems to think she has offered an apology, again. Of course, it's difficult to say for sure what she really thinks. Her O interview is so top-heavy with New-Agey treacle and Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood touchy-feeliness it's hard to tell whether she's apologizing, looking for sympathy or offering advice for crystal worshippers." - Jonah Goldberg, "If Fonda is sorry, let her say so", Jewish World Journal, June 23, 2000.
"I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft carrier, which looks like I was trying to shoot at American planes. It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanized such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless." - Jane Fonda to Oprah Winfrey, 'O' Magazine.
The New England Apology "At the time, Fonda was filming "Stanley and Iris" on location in a number of blue-collar New England towns. Production on the movie was being severely disrupted by protesting veterans and this was causing a serious problem for the film. Fonda decided that something had to be done, so she went on 20/20." -- "The difficulty still remaining for many vets is the nagging doubts about the apology. Was it a sincere effort to atone for a now recognized hurt, or was it merely a cynical attempt to solve crippling production delays? The timing of the apology allows for the inference of a self-serving motivation. Ms. Fonda had 16 years to consider the results of her actions. On the other hand, perhaps the protests themselves made her more aware of how deeply many veterans resented her actions in 1972." -- "Only Ms. Fonda knows for sure." - from Hanoi Jane Apology?
