I would agree that the way that some Viet Nam vets were treated upon returning home was shameful, (ignorant people calling them "baby killers"), however, I think that these instances were very isolated and milked for maximum milage by those that want to vilify anti-war activists. My surrogate older brother served in the Marine Corps in Viet Nam in '69-'70, strangely enough he does not share the hatred for anti-war people I see here. And most of it coming from guys with no first hand experience of war. War is hell, and to be avoided whenever possible, some people do not agree with or completely blindly trust Bush that it is unavoidable at this moment, that's all.
Also, Targa Dude, if you think that the only reason we risk troops lives in the middle east is for "Freedom and Democracy", then you would be the moron, not the liberals. Wonderful democracy that Kuwait, no? And BTW, I supported Gulf War 1, but anyone who thinks that we were rescuing a democracy doesn't read much.
As for Jane Fonda, she is despicable for her actions during the Viet Nam war, but I am surprised that I have never heard the story above until now if true. The right wing's hatred for her, (justifiable though it may be), knows no bounds and that story is additional fuel, so I am surprised I have never seen it, that's all.
One last story regarding evil liberals who do not "support the troops". The late Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, by far the most liberal member of the senate and an early opponent of war in Iraq, had as one of his most loyal constituencies the families of POWs and MIAs. He was a true champion of the under-represented, and felt that the POW issue had fallen from fashion in congress, so he took it on as his own. He was also the best friend that veteran's rights groups had in Washington. He was an intersting guy, I miss him even though he was more liberal than I am on many issues, this polarization and demonizing of people w/ opposing political views is the most un-American thing I can imagine. Reminds me of certain less savory forms of government than our great one.
