At the moment, I can’t see any real indication the rescue did go badly.
That all needs to be examined - but they got most of the hostages out alive. And the two who were killed may have been dead before the police got into the room.
Well, recognizing that I have no standing to judge, I do have my opinions from watching the coverage. Last night I was already thinking, “What are they waiting for?” Here you have people scampering out of the place! The CNN desk was showing a spokeswoman saying that their hope was to end the thing with NO VIOLENCE. Well, how about a little violence? Like one bullet. That’s all that was needed. I guess they didn’t have that in their arsenal.
Just consider that this civilian hostage got tired of waiting before the police did. THEN they went in. This is in fact what they were waiting for ... mayhem.