[Oztrich Boy]

"Respect my AUTHORITY!".

Pay no attention to the copsuckers.

What happened was the BATF nimrods were in bad publicity trouble right before budget time.
So they conceived "Showtime" an operation to assault a fringe cult. get some TV footage of them going in and busting heads, and discovering an "arsenal".

They lied to the Texas gov about Davidian "drug mamufacture" to get use of National Guard assets
Lied to the judge to get a "knock and nnnounce" warrant which
they never took to the door
because a peaceful entry was never on their game plan.

[theDentist]

Yes, all pretty much true. They were also coming up on annual funding from the Fed and needed a bit of publicity to show for the increase they were requesting.

chef took a nasty attitude from the first, and I wasn't going out, so I figured I'd play.