Wasn’t McVeigh bombing the Oklahoma City Building a retaliation for the massacre?
McVeigh”s Letter to Fox News
The following letter has been authenticated and was sent to Fox News Correspondent Rita Cosby. The opening statement was a photocopied statement in McVeigh”s writing. The question-and-answer section following it is clearly an original version in McVeigh”s writing.
I explain herein why I bombed the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. I explain this not for publicity, nor seeking to win and argument of right or wrong. I explain so that the record is clear as to my thinking and motivations in bombing a government installation.
I chose to bomb a federal building because such an action served more purposes than other options. Foremost, the bombing was a retaliatory strike; a counter attack, for the cumulative raids (and subsequent violence and damage) that federal agents had participated in over the preceding years (including, but not limited to, Waco.) From the formation of such units as the FBI”s “Hostage Rescue” and other assault teams amongst federal agencies during the “80”s; culminating in the Waco incident, federal actions grew increasingly militaristic and violent, to the point where at Waco, our government - like the Chinese - was deploying tanks against its own citizens....................
http://www.outpost-of-freedom.com/mcveigh/okcwhy.htm
>Wasn’t McVeigh bombing the Oklahoma City Building a retaliation for the massacre?
Yes. Sad to it worked. No more Ruby Ridges and Wacos after McVeigh’s revenge attack.