Posted on Jan 16, 2022
‘The Timothy McVeighs are still there’: fears over extremism in US military
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Eaton said in an interview that the American military and law enforcement have a history of underestimating the threat from the far right.
“It’s the Timothy McVeigh problem: what did we know about McVeigh and what were we doing about it?” said Eaton.
The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing killed 168 people and injured over 650 when one morning ex-army soldiers Timothy McVeigh and co-conspirator Terry Nichols parked a rental truck filled with homemade explosives outside a federal building and detonated it. It remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history. The two men harbored anti-government and racist beliefs.
“The McVeighs of the world are still there, we had about 4,500 of them crawling all over the nation’s Capitol [during the 6 January attack],” said Eaton, who added that the increased power of the internet and rise of social media had boosted the threat massively since McVeigh’s attack.
“It’s the Timothy McVeigh problem: what did we know about McVeigh and what were we doing about it?” said Eaton.
The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing killed 168 people and injured over 650 when one morning ex-army soldiers Timothy McVeigh and co-conspirator Terry Nichols parked a rental truck filled with homemade explosives outside a federal building and detonated it. It remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history. The two men harbored anti-government and racist beliefs.
“The McVeighs of the world are still there, we had about 4,500 of them crawling all over the nation’s Capitol [during the 6 January attack],” said Eaton, who added that the increased power of the internet and rise of social media had boosted the threat massively since McVeigh’s attack.
‘The Timothy McVeighs are still there’: fears over extremism in US military
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And the threat from the far left? And the extremist Muslims? Lots of threats, pay attention
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Sorry, the far left hasn't passed any laws that allow partisan legislatures to override the will of voters.
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Domestic terrorism is our biggest threat. The far right have proven this over the last few years. We must continue to monitor the far right and thwart every attempt of violence. Some anti-muslim/islamophobes will try and deflect but it won't work.
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