Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Leftist honest on Ayers

Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again
posted by Katha Pollitt on 12/08/2008 @ 3:46pm
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/anotherthing/388681/bill_ayers_whitewashes_history_again?rel=hp_blogs_box

Although I disagree on their views on government and it's role with society, it's nice to see them being honest once and awhile. While her opinion on the war Ayers was opposing is wrong, she is right on her opinion that Ayers behaved badly. It's interesting to see her view as to how he ruined the anti-war movement. I'd be interested to learn what her opinion is regarding justification to conduct a war. In my opinion, the great injustice with the Vietnam war is that we didn't properly finish it. We were in it half ass and pulled out without finishing, leaving the people there vulnerable victims to the Viet Cong. It was supposed to be a noble effort to thwart the spread of communism and tyranny, but ended up being a waste of so many human lives. Had we finished it, the effort would have been justified; as well as the lives sacrificed, not wasted.
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