[_Jim]

The Feds could have arrested

An old saw oft repeated with no basis in proof.

Vernon Wayne Howell and his henchmen had the compound and the area roads *around* the compound under surveilance 'round the clock - the sight of armed federalis rolling down the road in plain brown wrapped Caprices would have resulted in a radio call to Howell and the beginning of 'siege' right then and there ...

"Due Process" to a Davidian was whatever Vernon Wayne Howell decteed it to be - JUST ask those surviving children if that ain't true ...

[_Jim]

decteed it to be ==> "decreed it to be"

[Henrietta]

"- the sight of armed federalis rolling down the road in plain brown wrapped Caprices would have resulted in a radio call to Howell and the beginning of 'siege' right then and there ..."

Of course, this is just your speculation....the Feds didn't even TRY to arrest him outside of the compound, so we'll never know, will we? It's inexcusable to put the lives of women and kids at risk merely to have an excuse to break out the ninja gear and play. The Feds are to blame for the deaths of every one of those kids and every one of those women.

[Rodney King]

ernon Wayne Howell and his henchmen had the compound and the area roads *around* the compound under surveilance 'round the clock - the sight of armed federalis rolling down the road in plain brown wrapped Caprices would have resulted in a radio call to Howell and the beginning of 'siege' right then and there ...

Come on. Look, I am not Koresh fan, and I think it was mas suicide. But, are you really telling me that if you were in charge you would think it was safer to attack a heavily armed compound then it would be to pull over a car on the road as Koresh went to town, even it Koresh had 4 armend men with him? Let's face it. Yes, Koresh was evil. However, had the ATF not decided to make a big show for teh media they could have taken Koresh off the compound.

[pkust]

An old saw oft repeated with no basis in proof.

News reports have repeatedly confirmed that David Koresh did jog outside the compound. There were multiple opportunities to affect an arrest away from the compound, which the ATF eschewed in favor of a military-style commando raid.

The government chose the tactics of confrontation. That much is demonstrated even by their own reports on the seige. Legally and morally, the United States government are responsible for the deaths of the Branch Davidians at Waco.