[Tainan]

I can clearly remember setting at my desk and listening to this on the radio and watching it live on CNN while it was happening.
I also quite clearly remember my outrage such as this happening in America. It was damn well-known that Koresh could have been taken in or talked to during one of his many visits into town.

[texanyankee]

I totally agree with your synopsis of the tactics employed at Waco.

I worked about a mile from my residence and I remember by chance coming home for lunch that April 19th and turning on CNN or whatever news broadcast was carrying the live feed. I sat there on my couch transfixed as I saw the tanks moving about and then smoke started billowing out — then the flames.
I blew off work for the rest of the day and stayed home watching in disbelief.

I knew then that this was terribly wrong.