This was no result of any clash of civilizations, nor did it bring about any question of why do they hate us. Because, it was the rarely ever discussed home-grown terrorism.
The Alfred P Murrah building in Oklahoma City was bombed at 9.01 in the morning, as a normal working day on the Great Plains was getting under way – not by Islamic fundamentalists plotting in Afghan caves, but by a paramilitary unit of Americans who called themselves "patriots", led by a former serviceman and 1991 Gulf war veteran, Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh was executed in 2001, and his principal accomplice, Terry Nichols, is serving life.Here is the horrible coincidence: it is on April 19th that the Tea Party folks will be holding their protests all across the country. So, let us see: people upset with taxes--which are due on the 15th--more so during this Great Rececssion; people upset with the recent healthcare reform; people worried that the government is coming after their guns; Faux News whipping up hysteria at the drop of a hat; Jihad Janes; .... and national protests are on the 19th? Seems like a horrible lining up of the planets.
Remember Arlington Road?
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