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Why Isn't Janet Reno in Jail?
Linda Bowles
September 7, 1999
We are going to investigate the Waco tragedy once again, based on new
evidence that lies were told in defense of the government's armed assault on
a religious compound. Unless there is some change in direction, this
investigation will be as fruitless as the first one.
We are being set up to believe that if the FBI did not start the fire, the
demonized David Koresh did, so everything that happened was his fault. This
is more than a wrong assumption. This is a lie posturing as an assumption.
The truth is that the safety of the children should have been the top
priority guiding the hands of the U.S. government and its agents. It was
not, and that is the everlasting shame of Waco.
Of all the events of the past decade that led to cynicism of the government
and alienation from it, none had the impact of the Waco tragedy. Over 80
American citizens died horrible deaths, including two pregnant women and 25
children, 17 of whom were under 10 years of age.
They burned to death in a lantern-lit, wooden structure that had been
violently rammed by armored tanks and assaulted by chemical weapons. The
attack was authorized by President Clinton and ordered by Attorney General
Reno.
It was a tragedy that would have toppled most civilized governments, or at
least resulted in the resignation of a few top-level scapegoats -- but not
in an America where justice is routinely mangled, the Constitution is
ignored, and corruption thrives in high places.
The behavior of the mainstream media was revealing. In every other instance,
if 25 children died horrible and arguably unnecessary deaths, the reporters
and cameras would have been all over the story.
News editors, particularly TV news editors, would had sent teams of ace
reporters and cameramen down to the scene, with the usual instruction not to
come back until they had captured on film the faces, words and tears of
bereaved family members. Every lurid detail and aspect of the carnage would
have been tediously exploited.
But that didn't happen. We didn't view the funerals, hear the gospel music
or listen to the praise heaped on the dead by those who knew and loved them.
There was no national mourning. President Clinton did not show up to deliver
the eulogy. He didn't plant a dogwood tree on the White House grounds in
memory of them as he did for the precious children who died in the Oklahoma
City bombing. This time, honoring the victims served no political agenda.
It is as though it would have been politically incorrect to have covered the
story with attention-getting intensity. To make too much of it might have
aroused sympathy for the victims, or even worse, aroused questions about why
"getting" the "evil" Koresh outweighed the endangerment of the children.
This was not like Columbine or Oklahoma City. This was not like the deaths
of John Kennedy Jr. or Princess Diana. This time, we were not taken to our
knees by a burden of grief too heavy to bear. This time, you see, we were
dealing with religious "nuts" and "fanatics."
Before the fire, huge tanks had rumbled up and rammed gaping holes in the
walls of the buildings. Heavy volumes of gas were pumped into the
structures, saturating the air, burning the skin, blinding the eyes. The
plaintive wails of frightened, coughing children filled the air. They were
held close, and told to be brave.
Outside, loudspeakers blared, "This is not an assault! This is not an
assault!" --a message so ludicrous that those inside must have doubted their
own senses.
There were, no doubt, screams of fear and pain from the children and babies,
cries of horror, shouted prayers and supplications ... thick black smoke ...
the rising heat of fierce, wind-driven flames ... panic ... confusion ...
child-calls for "mama!"... chaos ... the end of the world.
When Attorney General Reno accepted full responsibility for all of this, she
became a hero to the Washington establishment. Rather than an indictment for
criminal negligence, reckless child endangerment and violation of the civil
rights of innocent children, she was congratulated for her courage in saying
"the buck stops here." She still insists she has "done nothing wrong."
Perhaps it is possible to ask a question about Waco without being labeled a
dangerous, anti-government crazy. Officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell
were sent to prison for violating the civil rights of ex-felon Rodney King
by using excessive force while arresting him. Was not the whole Waco
operation, including the gassing of infants and children, an excessive use
of force in making an arrest?
Who protects the civil rights of the innocent when it is the government
itself who violates them?
Why isn't Janet Reno in jail?
COPYRIGHT 1999 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
Linda Bowles' 'take no prisoners' attitude has made her one of the few
conservative women columnists in America with a large readership. She
formerly managed Bowles Associates consulting firm, and has written speeches
and been a researcher.
http://www.newsmax.com/commentarchive.shtml?a=1999/9/7/070307
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