The New York Times provided yet another op-ed platform to its favorite former terrorist, ex-Weatherman and Obama pal William Ayers.
“The Real Bill Ayers,” published on December 6, is sickeningly dishonest and so easily refuted that no newspaper that adhered to even minimal standards of journalism would run it. So, naturally, it was published in The New York Times.
In his opinion piece, Ayers tried to rationalize his terrorist activities in the Weather Underground and minimize the resulting carnage.
Thus, Ayers wrote: “I never killed or injured anyone.” The Weather Underground only placed “several small bombs in empty buildings.” And, my favorite, “The Weather Underground crossed the lines of legality, of propriety and perhaps even of common sense.” This is like saying Pol Pot may have been overly enthusiastic in re-ordering Cambodian society in the 1970s.
Here’s what Ayers forgot to mention:
- He says the Weather Underground was created after a bomb exploded in Greenwich Village, taking the lives of “three of our comrades.” The bomb was intended for an upcoming dance at Ft. Dix, where it could have killed hundreds of soldiers.
- In the Weathermen’s “Days of Rage,” (Chicago, 1969), 300 of the Marxist storm troopers attacked police and the public, and destroyed millions of dollars of property through arson and vandalism.
- The organization, of which Ayers was the co-founder, planted 30 bombs, and was responsible for bombings of the New York City police headquarters, the Capitol and the Pentagon. In a 2001 commentary (also in The Times) Ayers wrote, “I feel we didn’t do enough.”
- The Weathermen Underground was a self-proclaimed revolutionary communist organization.
- One policeman died in the Police headquarters bombing. A bank guard and two policemen were murdered in the course of a Weatherman bank robbery. There were hundreds of injuries resulting from the terrorism of Ayers and his buddies, including a U.S. Attorney who was paralyzed for life.
- In the op-ed, Ayers claims he was demonized during the 2008 campaign, in an effort to smear Barack Obama. In fact, Ayers and Obama’s relationship was a legitimate issue. Either Obama is incredibly dense or he didn’t care about the bloody trail Ayers and Co. cut across the 60s’ and 70s’
Just as Ayers refuses to take responsibility for his terrorist acts, The Times won’t take responsibility for publishing his pack of lies.
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