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To: GunRunner
You're a notoriously ignorant whack job.

Yeah, that makes for a great argument, doesn't it?

Janet Reno was a totally incompetent horror--who bears responsibility for the catastrophe. That still doesn't make Koresh anything but a total nut-job, who still bears the primary responsibility--since he killed 5 clearly identified federal officers...and held off the government...taking hostages... by force of arms (in the name of him being the MESSIAH...) for many weeks.

If you want to call him a "conservative hero" go for it, but that just makes you resemble Koresh yourself.

Last I checked, conservatism doesn't imply anarchy.

15 posted on 12/13/2009 6:41:53 AM PST by AnalogReigns
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To: AnalogReigns
Taking hostages?!

OK, now its clear you don't know what you're talking about. You must be confusing Waco and Jonestown.

The surviving BDs were acquitted by a jury and were deemed to have acted in self defense against the attacking ATF agents.

Secondly, Koresh never took any hostages. He said that any member could leave at any time, and dozens did. The government even provided the remaining BDs with a camcorder so they would go on record to explain why they were staying with Koresh, rather than come out with the others.

I think this article would be one way to begin fixing your vast ignorance on the subject:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/09/waco/

It has nothing to do with Koresh being a "conservative hero", which he was not. The point of Waco is that the government slaughtered a bunch of people because they were suspected to have "illegal weapons" and reports of child abuse.

16 posted on 12/15/2009 7:54:54 AM PST by GunRunner
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