What was Tim McVeigh's rationale for doing what he did.?

Question

Please, no flippant or pissy answers! Stick to the question: Precisely, what was his line of thinking?

Answer 1

"Motivations for the bombing

McVeigh claimed that the bombing was revenge for "what the U.S. government did at Waco and Ruby Ridge."[18] He visited Waco during the standoff, where he spoke to a news reporter about his anger over what was happening there.[19]

McVeigh was considered by many an anti-government extremist, with a long background in the survivalist movement. He frequently quoted and alluded approvingly to the controversial novel The Turner Diaries, which describes acts of terrorism similar to the crimes that he was convicted of perpetrating (Michel and Herbeck). Photocopies of pages sixty-one and sixty-two of The Turner Diaries were found in an envelope inside McVeigh's car. These pages depicted a fictitious mortar attack upon the U.S. Capitol in Washington.[20]

In a book based on interviews before his execution, American Terrorist, McVeigh stated he decapitated an Iraqi soldier with cannon fire on his first day in the war, and celebrated. But he said he later was shocked to be ordered to execute surrendering prisoners, and to see carnage on the road leaving Kuwait City after U.S. troops routed the Iraqi army. In interviews following the Oklahoma City bombing, McVeigh said he began harboring anti-government feelings during the Gulf War. Some question the veracity of this claim in light of McVeigh's attempts to become a Green Beret after returning from Iraq.

In 1998, an imprisoned McVeigh penned an essay that criticized US foreign policy towards Iraq as being hypocritical.

The administration has said that Iraq has no right to stockpile chemical or biological weapons (“weapons of mass destruction”) — mainly because they have used them in the past.
Well, if that’s the standard by which these matters are decided, then the U.S. is the nation that set the precedent. The U.S. has stockpiled these same weapons (and more) for over 40 years. The U.S. claims that this was done for deterrent purposes during the “Cold War” with the Soviet Union. Why, then is it invalid for Iraq to claim the same reason (deterrence) — with respect to Iraq’s (real) war with, and the continued threat of, its neighbor Iran?
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If Saddam is such a demon, and people are calling for war crimes charges and trials against him and his nation, why do we not hear the same cry for blood directed at those responsible for even greater amounts of “mass destruction” — like those responsible and involved in dropping bombs on the cities mentioned above?
The truth is, the U.S. has set the standard when it comes to the stockpiling and use of weapons of mass destruction.[21] "

Answer 2

I don't necessarily believe Tim McVeigh was right in what he did and he was not stupid nor retarded and he never took an drug's he was a patriotic American and I may say a damned brave one ,and he never begged for mercy nor any thing else. but, his rational was since our Zionist owned gov, was and still are taking away our rights and pillaging the citizenry of this country such as their murdering of the people in Waco, and the incident in Utah, where they killed a mans wife and baby unnecessarily and with impunity , the militant groups in
America were raising hell and he felt that by doing this they would start a semi civil war against the Zionist government that controls this country. these are not the only incidents where the government has been so crooked just the most publicized, in my opinion we need many more like him and then maybe our gov, would take heed and start do what is right for our citizens and country. you can call me what ever you like but what is the truth???

Answer 3

He was quite upset about the official murders at Waco and decided to bomb the building where the assault was planned on the anniversary of the attack. Very warped thinking since most of the people in there had nothing to do with it.

Answer 4

He was mad at the governments mishandling of the Waco incident and David Koresh where many people lost there lives when the authorities stormed the compound and many died in the fire . So in his mind this was his way of finding retribution against the government for doing so.

Answer 5

Honestly, I believe that he was so strung out on meth that he was incapable of thinking at all. And, I think that he was psychologically impaired before that by his parent's divorce and never got over it. You quit growing emotionally altogether and start regressing when drugs like that become first and foremost in your life.

Answer 6

The simply answer to your question is that, he was mentally unstable.

I am not a psychology student, but all that can be concluded is that he was metally unstable.