AID AND COMFORT

The following excerpt is from "Aid and Comfort", Jane Fonda in North Vietnam by Henry Mark Holzer and Erika Holzer. (Excerpt reprinted with the kind permission of the authors) The premise of their book is that Jane Fonda could, and should have been tried for treason. This passage is illustrative of the propaganda war against the west being waged by Islamo-Fascism and certain American political figures today. Simply substitute the names John Kerry, John Murtha, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Cindy Sheehan, Code Pink, ANSWER and others for Jane Fonda and the relevance is obvious.

America today faces many and diverse enemies. From the obvious Al Quadi to China, Russia, the Muslim states and leftist leaning European governments the total weight of our enemies is enormous. For our own politicians to give aid and comfort to our enemies is in short, treasonous.

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“Fonda’s trip to Hanoi sent a message not only to the American public, but to the North Vietnamese as well. Here is an exchange between The Wall Street Journal and Col. Bui tin, a dedicated Communist cadre for most of his life, and one of the first officers of the North Vietnamese army to enter Saigon on the day it fell.

Q: Was the American antiwar movement important to Hanoi’s victory?
A: It was essential to our strategy. Support from our rear [from China] was completely secure while the American rear was vulnerable. Every day our leadership would listen to world news at 9 a.m. to follow the growth of the American antiwar movement. Visits to Hanoi by people like Jane Fonda...gave us confidence that we should hold on in the face of battlefield reverses. We were elated when Jane Fonda, wearing a red Vietnamese dress, said at a press conference that she was ashamed of American actions in the war and that she would struggle along with us.

Q: Did the politburo pay attention to these visits?
A: Keenly.
Q: Why?
A: Those people represented the conscience of America. The conscience of America was part of its war-making capability, and we were turning that power in our favor. America lost because of its democracy; through dissent and protest it lost the ability to mobilize a will to win.”
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Ronald Reagan’s statement “The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated." is as true today as when he spoke those words.