"There's a difference in motivation though. McVeigh was motivated totally out of his ideology...he acted BECAUSE he was a right wing nut."
That's debatable. Here are two not so right wing excerpts from his writings: The administration has said that Iraq has no right to stockpile chemical or biological weapons (weapons of mass destruction) mainly because they have used them in the past. Well, if thats the standard by which these matters are decided, then the U.S. is the nation that set the precedent. The U.S. has stockpiled these same weapons (and more) for over 40 years. The U.S. claims this was done for deterrent purposes during its Cold War with the Soviet Union. Why, then, it is invalid for Iraq to claim the same reason (deterrence) with respect to Iraqs (real) war with, and the continued threat of, its neighbor Iran? The administration claims that Iraq has used these weapons in the past. Weve all seen the pictures that show a Kurdish woman and child frozen in death from the use of chemical weapons. But, have you ever seen those pictures juxtaposed next to pictures from Hiroshima or Nagasaki? I suggest that one study the histories of World War I, World War II and other regional conflicts that the U.S. has been involved in to familiarize themselves with the use of weapons of mass destruction. Remember Dresden? How about Hanoi? Tripoli? Baghdad? What about the big ones Hiroshima and Nagasaki? (At these two locations, the U.S. killed at least 150,000 non-combatants mostly women and children in the blink of an eye. Thousands more took hours, days, weeks or months to die). If Saddam is such a demon, and people are calling for war crimes charges and trials against him and his nation, why do we not hear the same cry for blood directed at those responsible for even greater amounts of mass destruction like those responsible and involved in dropping bombs on the cities mentioned above? The truth is, the U.S. has set the standard when it comes to the stockpiling and use of weapons of mass destruction. and Hypocrisy when it comes to the death of children? In Oklahoma City, it was family convenience that explained the presence of a day-care center placed between street level and the law enforcement agencies which occupied the upper floors of the building. Yet, when discussion shifts to Iraq, any day-care center in a government building instantly becomes a shield. Think about it. (Actually, there is a difference here. The administration has admitted to knowledge of the presence of children in or near Iraqi government buildings, yet they still proceed with their plans to bomb saying that they cannot be held responsible if children die. There is no such proof, however, that knowledge of the presence of children existed in relation to the Oklahoma City bombing.) When considering morality and mens rea [criminal intent], in light of these facts, I ask: Who are the true barbarians? ... I find it ironic, to say the least, that one of the aircraft used to drop such a bomb on Iraq is dubbed The Spirit of Oklahoma. This leads me to a final, and unspoken, moral hypocrisy regarding the use of weapons of mass destruction. When a U.S. plane or cruise missile is used to bring destruction to a foreign people, this nation rewards the bombers with applause and praise. What a convenient way to absolve these killers of any responsibility for the destruction they leave in their wake. Unfortunately, the morality of killing is not so superficial. The truth is, the use of a truck, a plane or a missile for the delivery of a weapon of mass destruction does not alter the nature of the act itself. These are weapons of mass destruction and the method of delivery matters little to those on the receiving end of such weapons. Whether you wish to admit it or not, when you approve, morally, of the bombing of foreign targets by the U.S. military, you are approving of acts morally equivalent to the bombing in Oklahoma City ... His bombing was reminiscent of Obama mentor Bill Ayer's Weather Underground campaign of bombings in the 60's and 70's as well. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some mor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360897 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
