Pipes has long expressed alarm about what he believes to be the dangers of " radical " or " militant Islam " to the Western world . In 1985 , he wrote in '' Middle East Insight '' that " t he scope of the radical fundamentalist 's ambition poses novel problems ; and the intensity of his onslaught against the United States makes solutions urgent . " In the fall 1995 issue of '' National Interest '' , he wrote : " Unnoticed by most Westerners , war has been unilaterally declared on Europe and the United States . " He wrote this in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing ; investigative journalist Steven Emerson had said in the aftermath of the bombing that it bore a " Middle Eastern trait . " Pipes agreed with Emerson and told '' USA Today '' that the United States was " under attack " and that Islamic fundamentalists " are targeting us . " Shortly after this , the bombing was determined by police to have been carried out by American anti-government terrorists Timothy McVeigh , Terry Nichols , and Michael Fortier
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
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