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To: wendy1946
The local sheriff had a good relationship with Koresh and visited the compound often. He was not happy with the way the whole thing went down.

BATF were determined to go in guns blazin’. Went downhill from there.

65 posted on 04/19/2010 6:59:59 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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To: Tex-Con-Man
BATF were determined to go in guns blazin’. Went downhill from there.

They needed a good "event" to justify their existence, and invited the media along to watch and report on it.

They even had a name for it: "Operation Showtime".

91 posted on 04/19/2010 7:26:26 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: Tex-Con-Man

“BATF were determined to go in guns blazin’”

Which included killing some puppies, IIRC.


97 posted on 04/19/2010 7:36:21 PM PDT by Tymesup
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