When Timothy McVeigh was executed for perpetrating the Oklahoma City bombing, he died a martyr, though most were blind to the cause. The former Marine had become ill from the myriad abuses perpetrated by the United States government on its own citizens. Ruby Ridge. Waco. Who knows how many such parodies remain secret? McVeigh could no longer witness such oppression. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was blown up not as an attack on the government but as an appeal to real Americans who were unable to see beyond the smoke and mirrors being pulled over their eyes by politicians. wolves. This was not a call to arms, contrary to the desperate wishes of the misguided militias, but a wake-up call, a call to action. In his final days, Timothy McVeigh sounded that alarm. He talked about Ruby Ridge and he talked about Waco and how, all around him, he saw the government take down the very people it was created to protect. He could no longer tolerate these abuses, but what could one man hope to do against the behemoth that our government has become? And so, on April 19, 1995, he went to a federal institution with a huge bomb, and the rest, distorted as it may be, is history. Unfortunately, there was a nursery at the site of the explosion. Thus McVeigh's message was lost. Destined for negative portrayal regardless of circumstance, the decorated combat veteran has become a child killer, a label that trumps all others. No one wants to be associated with a child killer, even if they truly believe in that person's cause. Killing an innocent child is considered one of the most unforgivable sins. A scientist might discover a cure for cancer, but if he killed a child in the process, he would be far more reviled for... middle of paper... that he might just gain a forum for his messages of peace through an act of great violence. He hoped that the sheer magnitude of his act expressed how desperately people needed to hear his call. Perhaps, due to the unfortunate location of a nursery, it failed. But perhaps someone was able to look beyond the tragedy and see the honesty of his message. Perhaps they understand that now more than ever, Americans must stand up to our government's abuses. Perhaps, even as you are reading this article, they are working to open eyes through education and other nonviolent means. If so, then Timothy McVeigh's message was not lost and neither he, nor the Sons of Oklahoma City, died in vain. for the truth. We seek justice. The courts require it. The victims mourn her. And GOD requires it! - graffiti left by an anonymous rescuer