Oklahoma City: a Reminder

Today is the 15th anniversary of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City by Timothy McVeigh, a Irish-American security guard. McVeigh was white, Christian, a natural-born U.S. citizen, and a veteran. He committed what is still the second-deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. His personal history is a solemn reminder that the struggle against terrorism is not a struggle against a particular country or a particular people or a particular religion. It is a struggle against violent extremism of any stripe, a struggle between those who believe in the rule of law and those who believe in vigilantism.