Bill Ayers: Obama should be tried for war crimes
Bill Ayers, the 1960s radical whose links to President Obama were a source of controversy in the 2008 election, now thinks the president should be tried for war crimes.
In an interview with RealClearPolitics, Ayers said that Mr. Obama's use of drones "absolutely" amounts to terrorist activity.
While Ayers said Mr. Obama should "absolutely" be tried for war crimes, he also said no president in his lifetime has been guilt-free.
"Every president in this century should be put on trial," Ayers said. "Every one of them goes into office -- an office dripping with blood -- and then adds to it. And, yes, I think that these are war crimes. I think that they're acts of terror."
Ayers said he would give Mr. Obama a "failing grade" for his presidency but noted that he's given other recent presidents "F-minuses." He added that he doesn't think Mr. Obama has "let anybody down."
In the 2008 campaign, "he said consistently, 'I am a middle-of-the-road, pragmatic politician,'" Ayers said. During that campaign, Mr. Obama had to distance himself from Ayers, with whom he worked at two nonprofit organizations.
Ayers added in the RealClearPolitics interview that while he doesn't approve of Mr. Obama's policies, he likes him personally. "I mean, he's a really good guy," he said.
