Fonda Says No to Anti-War Tour
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ATLANTA – Jane Fonda says she would like to tour the country and speak out against American involvement in Iraq, but her history of Vietnam War protests leaves her with “too much baggage.”
“I wanted to do a tour like I did during the Vietnam War, a tour of the country,” the Oscar-winning actress said Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “But then Cindy Sheehan filled in the gap, and she is better at this than I am. I carry too much baggage.”
Ms. Sheehan, whose soldier son, Casey, died in Iraq in 2004, has become a leading anti-war figure.
Ms. Fonda said that during a recent national book tour, war opponents asked her to speak out.
Last month, the Georgia Senate overwhelmingly rejected a resolution honoring Ms. Fonda, for her work preventing teen pregnancy, donations to universities and charities, and role as goodwill ambassador for the United Nations.
