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  • Clarification of Bill Ayers Statements

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    From Wikipedia:

    Ayers is quoted as having told The NY Times, "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough." When asked if he would "do it all again," Ayers supposedly replied, "I don't want to discount the possibility." Ayers protested the reporter's work in a Letter to the Editor of the New York Times published September 15, describing the interview thus: "This is not a question of being misunderstood or 'taken out of context', but of deliberate distortion." In the ensuing years, he has repeatedly avowed that "no regrets" had been spoken in reference to his efforts to oppose the Vietnam War, and that "we didn't do enough" had been spoken in reference to his opinion that efforts to stop the United States from waging the Vietnam War were obviously inadequate as the war dragged on for a decade. Ayers has maintained that the two statements were not intended to insinuate a wish they had set more bombs.

    Friday, April 25, 2008 04:25 AM

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