Same strategy with the Branch Davidians. “They were nuts.”
I think David Koresh was nuts. That’s just my opinion, however. But he proved that the power and resources of the Federal government were unequal to the task of getting their man without first killing every other man, woman, and child around him!
IOW, the entire affair did not show smart Koresh was as reveal how colossally inept the DOJ could be—with tragic consequences—when given the opportunity.