Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Tuesday 09 November 2004 07:28 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
Indeed she did, and it was in poor judgement. However the Branch Davidians weren't the saints that you're implying that they were. They were a bunch of child molesting religious wacknuts who defied a court order to turn themselves in for weeks. How would you suggest this be handled seeing as how the cultists were armed?
Watch the movie... Waco: Rules of Engagement
They analyzed the entire siege and decided it was set up for a publicity gain by the ATF. (sure... you'll just say the movie is biased) There was an office set up for media coverage with lots of communications, but there was no setup for communicating with Washington... which is why it got out of hand. No one was watching the store.
The movie analyzed aerial video shot during the final siege and it clearly shows that people on the outside (the ATF people) kept up a ring of gun fire so that no one could safely leave while the compound was burning. Hell, light the fire, and then start shooting. No way out.
It was even worse than that. The heroes who were covering the back had orders to keep the BD pinned down at the back exit from the compound. Expressly intended to keep them inside. They didn't come to make an arrest, they came to kill.
Recommended Reading: 'Unintended Consequences' by John Ross
Michael
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