[Vision2020] The Weathermen tried to kill my family.

Chasuk chasuk at gmail.com
Mon Oct 6 11:01:56 PDT 2008


> As the association between Obama and Ayers came to light, it would
> have helped the senator a little if his friend had at least shown some
> remorse. But listen to Ayers interviewed in the New York Times on
> September 11, 2001, of all days: "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel
> we didn't do enough." Translation: "We meant to kill that judge and
> his family, not just damage the porch." When asked by the Times if he
> would do it all again, Ayers responded: "I don't want to discount the
> possibility."

I'll respond by re-posting this for balance (from Ayers):

'It's impossible to get to be my age and not have plenty of regrets.
The one thing I don't regret is opposing the war in Vietnam with every
ounce of my being.

During the Vietnam war, the Weather Underground took credit for
bombing several government installations as a dramatic form of armed
propaganda.  Action was taken against symbolic targets in order to
declare a state of emergency.  But warnings were always called in, and
by design no one was ever hurt.

'When I say, "We didn't do enough," a lot of people rush to think,
"That must mean, 'We didn't bomb enough shit,'" but that's not the
point at all.  It's not a tactical statement, It's an obvious
political and ethical statement.  In this context, "we" means
"everyone."

'The war in Vietnam was not only illegal, it was profoundly immoral.
Millions of people were needlessly killed.  Even though I worked hard
to end the war, I feel to this day that I didn't do enough because the
war dragged on for years after the majority of the American people
came to oppose it.  I don't think violent resistance is necessarily
the answer, but I do think opposition and refusal is imperative.'

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/in-a-not-remote.html
http://billayers.org/



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