The Difference Between Timothy McVeigh and Muslim Terrorists
In response to my article When a Dog Bites We Do Not Look For Motive - Why The Boston Marathon Bombings Happened, a visitor from San Diego left a comment implying that there wasn't any difference between Muslim terrorists and domestic terrorists like Timothy McVeigh.
Actually there is a difference:
No one danced in the streets when McVeigh blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. There are not millions of like-minded people willing to support, fund, aid, and encourage whacko domestic terrorists to make similar attacks. Except for those directly injured, no one had to change the way they live, no one had to report hours earlier to an airport, no one at a ballgame, marathon, or any other public gathering worries about white supremacists blowing them up.
McVeigh was brought up Catholic but you did not see masses of Catholics supporting his actions.
On the other hand, 6 years later on 9/11 there were Muslims dancing in the streets, there were millions of like-minded people willing to support, fund, aid, and encourage Muslim terrorists to make similar attacks (1). Even those not directly injured in the attacks have had their way of life significantly changed and unless you're a liberal with your head completely stuck in your ass, whenever you go to a ballgame, marathon, or any other public gathering you should be worrying about Muslims suddenly going Jihad.
Some of my readers will protest that Muslims believe violence is only justified in those cases where Americans have killed or attacked Muslims. Actually Muslims believe violence is justified even when they are simply being offended (2).
And the most important difference between Timothy McVeigh and Muslims is that McVeigh types are extremely rare while Muslims, sadly, not so rare. Soon Muslims in this country will be as numerous as a plague of locusts. It would certainly be a safer world if we could trade all the Muslims in the world for a few dozen McVeighs.
But here's my biggest worry - the domestic terrorist that is the greatest threat to this country:
Notes
(1):
Planck's Constant Blog, The MSM and Goatskin Gloves for Muslims
Last year a poll was taken among US Muslims and if Muslims were telling the truth then there are over a million Muslims in this country that feel that "suicide bombing and other forms of violence against civilian targets are justified in order to defend Islam from its enemies."
(2):
Planck's Constant Blog, Muslims Justify Violence
In the YouGov survey, nearly half of all Arabs in the Gulf, Levant and North Africa said they have met someone who holds extreme religious views.
Asked under what conditions violence is permissible, more than 60% cited Western interference in a Muslim country, while 55% said offensive words or behaviour was a trigger.
