Book Review of The Third Terrorist: The Middle Eastern Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing

Here is a product description for a book that's supposed to show a definitive link between the Oklahoma City bombing and islamic terrorists. The only problem I have with that idea, is that terrorism is basically an extreme form of advertising. The terrorists' whole point is to scare the crap out of people and make them aware of whatever the terrorists' issue is. They're not going to keep their involvement secret--they're even going to claim credit for accidents if they're big enough, just in case. If it takes an investigative reporter years to uncover that they had a part in something like the OKC bombing, there was really no point to the whole thing, as they would see it. A bully doesn't punch you out in the dark and then run away--they want you to know exactly who to be afraid of, and why. Or at least that's how I see it. Thus endeth the editorial for the day.

-- Written by the traveling Tor Aktenberg --