Oklahoma City bombing

===Impact according to McVeigh===
McVeigh believed that the bomb attack had a positive impact on government policy. In evidence he cited the peaceful resolution of the [[Montana Freemen]] standoff in 1996, the government's $3.1&nbsp;million settlement with [[Randy Weaver]] and his surviving children four months after the bombing, and April 2000 statements by Bill Clinton regretting his decision to storm the Branch Davidian compound. McVeigh stated, "Once you bloody the bully's nose, and he knows he's going to be punched again, he's not coming back around."{{sfnp|Michel|Herbeck|2001|pp=378–383}}