March 25, 2002
So the Iraqis are responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing. How f***ing convenient. You know, I really want to like some of these blogger guys. After all, many of them have been doing this a long time, some of them have advanced degrees, and many of them seem somewhat connected and intelligent. But then I read something like this, and I truly wonder. Glenn Reynolds, the "Instapundit," mentions an article from Rand Simberg, of "Extraterrestrial Musings," who actually got it from Insight on the News, a Moonie owned publication you might find in a Republican dentist's office. The story, if you can somehow follow it, goes like this: Lawyers for Timothy McVeigh, the 1st OK City conspirator, are trying to prove that Terry Nichols, the 2nd OK City conspirator, was in cahoots with Ramzi Youssef, the first WTC bomber. Got it so far?
Youssef, they claim, was an Iraqi intelligence agent. McVeigh's lawyers, according to Insight, have now been to the Philippines 4 times to investigate this link. Unfortunately, there are still a few loose ends. Like, for example, proof that anything actually occurred. From the article:
If these allegations are confirmed in court, they constitute a stunning indictment of Iraqi state complicity in murderous attacks on the United States well before Sept. 11.
That's kind of a big "if." Kinda like:"If I can prove that aliens landed in my backyard, it's a stunning indictment of previous government denials of extraterrestrial life."
So, gosh! Maybe it's true. Perhaps Tim McVeigh, Gulf War veteran, found killing Iraqis too distasteful, so he joined the other side. Perhaps Waco, never mentioned in this particular Insight article, was just an excuse. McVeigh was a radical Muslim, aligned with the very nation we want to attack right now! Yeah, that's the ticket!
The worst of the bunch is Simberg, who almost accuses Bill Clinton of orchestrating the bombing to prop up his failing political ambitions. (And this was years before Monica-gate; you'd think after that he would have blown up the Sears Tower to deflect attention from his shortcomings.)
It not only allowed the Big He to go out on one of his "feel your pain" trips, but he and his minions used it to blast militias, talk radio, and evil Right-Wing Republicans, blaming them and their "hate speech" for the bombing.
Gosh. The Oklahoma Bombing as political opportunism. Bush would never do that. Would, he, Rand?
Much of blogging is an idiot chain at work. I wonder if Glenn Reynolds actually read the Insight article, or if he just saw Simberg's screed and decided it was a delightful thing to link to. (Reynolds seems to have come down with some form of blog diarrhea. I wonder if he even remembers from minute to minute what he links to.) Either way, isn't it a wonderful thing how quickly this stuff gets around?
eric 10:00 PM
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