WHATEVER MCVEIGH KNEW ABOUT THE MIDDLE-EAST CONNECTION, HE TOOK TO THE GRAVE WITH HIM

e-mail | 19 April 2002 | Stella L. Jatras

[Doctor13]

CORRECTION: There was a typo on my part. First sentence should read, "an atrocity that shocked the country," no "county."

My apologies.

[Stefan Stackhouse]

So what do we do? There is a different person in the White House now, everything has supposedly changed since 9/11, and yet nothing is happening about this. Why?

[FairWitness]

I support the death penalty, but in cases like McVeigh's where there is a possibility that keeping him alive might someday allow the full story to come out, I would strongly consider keeping him alive.

[Poohbah]

He was NOT going to talk. He had that "I'm a noble hero resisting tyranny" tape playing in his head.

[another cricket]

He was NOT going to talk. He had that "I'm a noble hero resisting tyranny" tape playing in his head.

Either that or he knew that his family would never survive if he talked or maybe both. The guy could make a clam look like a blabber mouth.

a.cricket

[Fish out of Water]

index bump and fyi

[LenS]

Agreed. Besides, Nichols is the one with the Filipino connection and he's still available for torture.

[Malcolm]

Whether he did it for right-wing extremists or Islamic nuts, he still did it. I have seen no creditable proof that he was innocent. I can't see which one is worse: if he did it for Waco, he is too far out there; if he did it for Islamic nuts, he betrayed this nation. I have no sympathy for anyone who kills women and children. If you do that, there is no way you could justify it. No way.....

[Poohbah]

There have been those on FR who valiantly tried to justify McVeigh as some sort of hero, though. Usually, JimRob bans them in pretty short order, whereupon those who are smart enough to NOT directly post such evil ideas complain about "censorship" and "UnFreeRepublic."

[Luis Gonzalez]

"I would strongly consider keeping him alive."

Ahhh...you haven't kept up with this story, have you?

[FairWitness]

I know there is lots of breaking news right now about additional "John Doe's", but I stand by my statement that having the possibility that McVeigh migh break his silence would be good. Unless I misunderstand what you are saying?

[Poohbah]

And that line went right over FairWitness' head... :o)

[pgkdan]

There's no way to condone what McVeigh was a part of...I don't think he "did" it alone. I don't think the guy had the mental capacity to put this thing together and I find it hard to believe that a single truck bomb did all the damage that we saw at the Federal Bldg.

I don't pretend to know why the real story of the OKC bombing has been covered up. Is it because, overnight, Clinton saw that he really had a club with which to attack conservatives? Again, I don't know, but I'll never believe that McVeigh and Nichols concoted this on their own.

[Malcolm]

People are capable of a lot more than we think. Like I said, I have NEVER seen any evidence that McVeigh was innocent. His "glaring" look at the audience at his execution was not the kind of face one sees on an innocent person. If anyone has any proof, (and please don't direct me to some flaked-out website with reams of pages to explain it; if it's legit, I'm sure you can boil it down to a few paragraphs with only the high points to communicate whatever you have to say), I am certainly willing to listen to it. But what kind of person would do this, whether in collusion with Muslims or the native "tin foil hat" society? We're already fired up at the Muslims for murdering 3000+ innocent people in NY and VA. It's not like help is needed to identify and wake up Americans to the Muslim threat.....

[Tymesup]

Fair witness post 4 - "I support the death penalty, but in cases like McVeigh's where there is a possibility that keeping him alive might someday allow the full story to come out, I would strongly consider keeping him alive. "

Luis Gonzalez 11 - "I would strongly consider keeping him alive."

Ahhh...you haven't kept up with this story, have you?"

Poohbah 13 - "And that line went right over FairWitness' head... :o)"

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Post 11 looks like an incomplete quote, which post 13 may have overlooked.

It is too bad McVeigh can't talk anymore.

[Poohbah]

Go back and reread Posts 11, 12, and 13...

You might see the humor.