Do you remember where you were on April 9, 1995? Video clips showed flickering images of a dilapidated building collapsing. Body bags piled up next to ambulances. Tearful mothers showed up on the scene hoping and praying that it wasn't their child. Where were you the day of the Oklahoma City bombing? Do you remember listening to every word of President Clinton's speech? Do you remember the feeling of nationalism that overwhelmed you? Do you remember the hatred you felt for the man who had done this to your nation? Yet, how many remember the massacre of the evangelical Christian group in Waco, Texas? No video clips showed images of the 82 body bags, 25 of them containing children, piled up in the city morgue, no ambulance in sight. President Clinton didn't deal with it; nationalism has not taken over the American nation. Many of us had never even heard of this massacre, until one man, an American, spoke out about it. Although the Oklahoma City bombing was an unforgivable act of terrorism, the reasoning of Timothy McVeigh, the bomber, reflects the voices of many Americans. Those who feel they have no voice, those who feel they have no say in what the government does, those who think that “American citizens must be vigilant to keep the government in check (qtd. in Vidal 83).” The Oklahoma City bombing will forever be remembered as the day the controversial war began. On April 19, 1995, a truck maneuvered into the parking lot of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office in downtown Oklahoma City. Inside sat Timothy McVeigh, a former Army soldier, intending to punish the government for its actions (Michal and Herbeck 68). As he pondered his next move, Timothy McVeigh thought to himself, “'dirty for dirty... middle of paper... 012.Clinton, William. “The Oklahoma City Tragedy 15 Years Later and Lessons for Today.” Premier of academic research. EBSCO. June 2003: Web. February 8, 2012. Hamma, Mark S. In Bad Company: America's Terriorist Underground. Boston: Northeastern UP, 2001: Print.Kelley, Ed. “Oklahoma City Bombing.” Advanced World Book. December 2008: 5-6 World Book. Network. February 2, 2012.Michel, Lou and Dan Herbeck. American terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing. New York: Harper Collins World, 2001. Print.Steigher, Brad and Sherry Steigher. “ Oklahoma City attack ”. Oklahoma City Articles. Points of view Reference centre. EBSCO. Network. February 8, 2012. Vidal, Gore. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Were So Hated. New York: Thunder's Mouth/Nation, 2002. Print.Wilentz, Sean. “When leaders change history”. Newsweek. July 16th. 2001: 26, World Book. Network. February 8. 2012.