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McVeigh during Desert Storm

Yes, maybe so. And I have a suggestive quote to offer, not that it's any proof:

"I do believe in a God, yes. But that's as far as I want to discuss. If I get too detailed on some things that are personal like that, it gives people an easier way alienate themselves from me and that's all they are looking for now." --Time interview with McVeigh, A Look Back in TIME: Interview with Timothy McVeigh TIME's Patrick Cole talks to the defendant in prison

This was my first hint. I found this comment after 9/11 and I haven't stopped thinking about what it means.

[JohnBerger]

"I do believe in a God, yes. But that's as far as I want to discuss. If I get too detailed on some things that are personal like that..."

This was my first hint. I found this comment after 9/11 and I haven't stopped thinking about what it means.

For what it's worth, I haven't seen anything that convinces me that McVeigh or Nichols were particularly interested in Islam, or any other religion per se. I think this was more a marriage of convenience than a marriage of passion.

However, I haven't seen anything that would especially rule it out either. It just seems like an extraordinary claim that would probably require some extraordinary corroborating evidence.

jmb