Was the Oklahoma City bombing an act of religiously motivated terrorism?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No of course not.

I've never understood why anyone who seriously consider a bombing by an agnostic that was not in any way motivated by religion as an example...

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

No of course not.

I've never understood why anyone who seriously consider a bombing by an agnostic that was not in any way motivated by religion as an example...

Who said religion had anything to do with it?

[dead0man]

Who said religion had anything to do with it?

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[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Who said religion had anything to do with it?

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Ok, I don't think Xahar mean it like that....he was just pointing out not just Muslims blow up sh**t, but in typical BRTD fashion we need to make a new thread.

[justW353]

No.

[useful idiot]

No. I don't know who all the players were, and we never will because the only guy who could possibly tell us who else was involved was executed as fast as possible. I don't trust the official story, but I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with religion.

[Bo]

Not that I know of.

[Joe Biden 2020]

No, but when President Clinton called then-Governor Frank Keating to offer condolences and federal support, he said some pretty chilling stuff to Keating.  I will paraphrase, but he said he hoped it wasn't Middle Eastern radicals (this was before Tim McVeigh was arrested) and told Gov. Keating that he was worried that this may not be the end of it.  It was the end of the domestic terrorism spree, but President Clinton's fears came true just 77 months later on September 11, 2001.  He was worried that even if it wasn't Islamic fundamentalists, that they would take note and wait until we were about to recover from it and then boom, there goes the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

[patrick1]

No, but when President Clinton called then-Governor Frank Keating to offer condolences and federal support, he said some pretty chilling stuff to Keating.  I will paraphrase, but he said he hoped it wasn't Middle Eastern radicals (this was before Tim McVeigh was arrested) and told Gov. Keating that he was worried that this may not be the end of it.  It was the end of the domestic terrorism spree, but President Clinton's fears came true just 77 months later on September 11, 2001.  He was worried that even if it wasn't Islamic fundamentalists, that they would take note and wait until we were about to recover from it and then boom, there goes the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

I am unaware of a domestic terrorism spree. The WTC bombing occurred in 1993 so it is not like anyone was doing anything new.

[fezzyfestoon]

No, but when President Clinton called then-Governor Frank Keating to offer condolences and federal support, he said some pretty chilling stuff to Keating.  I will paraphrase, but he said he hoped it wasn't Middle Eastern radicals (this was before Tim McVeigh was arrested) and told Gov. Keating that he was worried that this may not be the end of it.  It was the end of the domestic terrorism spree, but President Clinton's fears came true just 77 months later on September 11, 2001.  He was worried that even if it wasn't Islamic fundamentalists, that they would take note and wait until we were about to recover from it and then boom, there goes the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

It's a shame he didn't do sh**t about it.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

no of course not, everyone knows it was motivated by a hatred of multi-trillion-dollar deficit spending  e_e

[??????????]

No, but he was financially backed by Islamists. How did some yokel afford the explosives, etc?

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http://dir.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/02/mcveigh/index.html

[Mechaman]

No it wasn't and anybody who thinks it was is seriously misinformed on the matter.

[Derek]

no it was in response to Waco and is why it happened on the 2 year anniversary

[Earth]

How did some yokel afford the explosives, etc?

He created it by buying and stealing what he needed.

[Derek]

He got it from ppl he met with in the Philistines during the summer after the Waco bombing. Actually, Muhammad Atta and Hussein Al Husseini were there at the same time. McVeigh also had a pocket full of phone numbers from Iraq when he was arrested.

[Derek]

No, but he was financially backed by Islamists. How did some yokel afford the explosives, etc?

He was financially backed by Islamists and the Clinton administration covered it up. The ppl who were going to testify against the FBI were all dead before the testimonies were to take place in court. 2 died in plane crashes and 2 died in car crashes (supposedly). Why Bush didn't investigate this I will never know.

[memphis]

It was home-grown right wing terrorism. Just like this guys who killed two police officers in West Memphis last week. These anti-government nutjobs are just as big a threat as Islamic terrorists.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

It was home-grown right wing terrorism. Just like this guys who killed two police officers in West Memphis last week. These anti-government nutjobs are just as big a threat as Islamic terrorists.

[Derek]

It was home-grown right wing terrorism. Just like this guys who killed two police officers in West Memphis last week. These anti-government nutjobs are just as big a threat as Islamic terrorists.

Home grown? Yes he was influenced by the Davidian cult, but his stay in the Phillipines also put things in place.

[Joe Biden 2020]

No, but he was financially backed by Islamists. How did some yokel afford the explosives, etc?

He was financially backed by Islamists and the Clinton administration covered it up. The ppl who were going to testify against the FBI were all dead before the testimonies were to take place in court. 2 died in plane crashes and 2 died in car crashes (supposedly). Why Bush didn't investigate this I will never know.

Using your theory, if the Clinton administration did indeed cover up the Islamist backing of the OKC Bombing, then that was the door that the Islamist Terrorists walked in and started planning 9/11.

I'm not going to necessarily discount that Islamic terrorists were involved in anyway with OKC, but I'm suspicious of their involvement mainly because of the relative obscurity of Oklahoma, especially being in the shadow of the bigger animal, Dallas.  It is plausible, though.

[Derek]

No, but he was financially backed by Islamists. How did some yokel afford the explosives, etc?

He was financially backed by Islamists and the Clinton administration covered it up. The ppl who were going to testify against the FBI were all dead before the testimonies were to take place in court. 2 died in plane crashes and 2 died in car crashes (supposedly). Why Bush didn't investigate this I will never know.

Using your theory, if the Clinton administration did indeed cover up the Islamist backing of the OKC Bombing, then that was the door that the Islamist Terrorists walked in and started planning 9/11.

I'm not going to necessarily discount that Islamic terrorists were involved in anyway with OKC, but I'm suspicious of their involvement mainly because of the relative obscurity of Oklahoma, especially being in the shadow of the bigger animal, Dallas.  It is plausible, though.

Yes that's a good point but what would be bigger than the Murrah building in terms of significance in Dallas?

[Joe Biden 2020]

No, but he was financially backed by Islamists. How did some yokel afford the explosives, etc?

He was financially backed by Islamists and the Clinton administration covered it up. The ppl who were going to testify against the FBI were all dead before the testimonies were to take place in court. 2 died in plane crashes and 2 died in car crashes (supposedly). Why Bush didn't investigate this I will never know.

Using your theory, if the Clinton administration did indeed cover up the Islamist backing of the OKC Bombing, then that was the door that the Islamist Terrorists walked in and started planning 9/11.

I'm not going to necessarily discount that Islamic terrorists were involved in anyway with OKC, but I'm suspicious of their involvement mainly because of the relative obscurity of Oklahoma, especially being in the shadow of the bigger animal, Dallas.  It is plausible, though.

Yes that's a good point but what would be bigger than the Murrah building in terms of significance in Dallas?

I don't know, maybe DFW Airport or even Dallas Love Field?  McVeigh was angry at the government so those are the big government establishments in the Metroplex

[Derek]

I bet something was being hidden in Oklahoma City. Something bigger was going on.