[Vision2020] The Weathermen tried to kill my family.

[No Weatherman]

Sorry Chas, but Ayers' spin seven years later conflicts with his
original statement: "I don't regret setting bombs."

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E1DE1438F932A2575AC0A9679C8B63&scp=1&sq=ayers+September+11%2C+2001&st=nyt

And because I'm a racist (that was hyperbole, Ms. Mix), I don't
believe anything the man says to rehabilitate his past.




On 10/6/08, Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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/
>