I don't think the day will ever come when I say you are wrong, NDD.
You definitely made me think about the possibilities. There are things to consider. McVeigh had a calling card under his alias (Kling) that he used to put together the OKCity bombing. He made calls to his conspirators (Nichols, another man and his wife), the places he bought the fertilizer and racing fuel, three or four Christian militia leaders, and maybe a few more related to the "operation." No Islamic connection to any of them (that I know of.)
He saw himself as a protector of America, but hated the Government. Like I said, he wanted to avenge Waco, of which he was present for much of the ordeal, holding signs protesting the FBI and the ATF. He did claim to love America and did not want to see it destroyed. He specifically chose the Mullah Building because it supposedly was ATF and FBI HQ for OK. Not true, but he thought it was.
He was also a pat rack, keeping specific articles, items and correspondence pertaining to Christian Identity groups, Waco, and Aryan groups, and whole host of other anti-government info. No Islamic literature to speak of that I know. Nichols was the same way. Between these two you would think there would be evidence to a connection to Islamic terrorism. If there was I have yet to find that evidence. I have only read two books on this, so obviously my education is in its infancy just yet. But my curiousity will get the better of me and I will seek out material as soon as I finish the two books I started.
I am not saying the possibility does not exist of a connection. I just don't have any information to back that up. Doc Coulson talks about investigations in depth in "No Heroes." He mentions collecting evidence and leads and see where they take the case, rather than come up with a theory and find evidence that supports that theory. He was very adamant about this and did admit that some lawyers with the U.S. Attorney's office and other agencies (ATF/DEA/FBI, etc...) have done this. I don't think that they collected evidence to support a single theory.
He convinced me that the investigation into OKBOMB (the official FBI name of the case) was investigated throughly and correctly. Who am I to dispute that unless I have other evidence, which I don't have. That is why I am curious as to what NEW evidence Jayna Davis presents.
For now I remained convinced that McVeigh and Nichols were motivated by a hate for the government, revenge for Waco (April 19th), an infatuation with the "Turner Diaries" (
http://members.odinsrage.com/turner/turner_diaries.html ), and his obvious connection to Christian Militia groups dating back to before his enlistment in the Army and growing ever more after he failed Selection into SF's.
So you're not wrong, but now you got me thinking the jury may be out.
Let's say there was an Islamic/McVeigh conspiracy. How deep do you think it was? Funding?
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