1. That was never proven and multiple visits from the McLennan County social services, never resulted in children being removed from Mt. Carmel.
2. What was the reason and warrant based on? False information. Koresh was well known to jog every afternoon between 4-5p, why not apprehend him then? The McClennan County Sheriff at the time even said that had HE called Koresh, he would have come in with no problem. Koresh had a muscle car, that he would take to the local Dairy Queen on Weekends, they had Mt. Carmel under surveillance for weeks, in all that time, Koresh never left Mt. Carmel once? The Feds were there to make a statement.
3. Other survivors have stated that the fires started, before the Davidians poured the fuel. Why would the government wait that many days, knowing he was getting ready to come out, assault a home with folks in it, who had apocalyptic beliefs?
Point 1: Never rely on social services. The Branch Davidians knew and some surviving members admitted it.
Point 2: Accepted. The feds were there to make a statement, pure and simple. I’m skeptical about the package with the grenade that just happened to come open, too.
Point 3: Koresh set those fires. You admitted that he spread fuel, and people inside confirmed it. As the FBI agent in charge said, they just got tired of dealing with Koresh’s bullshit and they weren’t going to just fence the compound off and make it a permanent prison. At some point, it did have to end.
Koresh ingrained his followers to believe that their days would end at the hands of the federal government, and then he proceeded to do everything he could to make that come true.