[mnehring]

And there wasn’t anything innocent about people walled up in a compound killing police officers and their own children..

..but that is a fight for another day.. The Clintoons handled it wrong, but so did the Dividians.

[George W. Bush]

And there wasn’t anything innocent about people walled up in a compound killing police officers and their own children.

Maybe standards have fallen during the Bush era but during the Xlinton reign of terror, you probably would have been banned for saying that.

[normy]

Thats because they didn't kill their own children. They were burned alive by Reno's henchmen. They were gassed for eight hours according to the FBI to clog the gas masks which the children didn't have. They found children with broken backs from convulsions in the ashes. The FBI tore up the crime scene immediately (like Vince Fosters suicide) and would not allow local arson investigators or the Texas Rangers near the crime scene.

If you want to open your mind a bit you might watch the documentary Waco Rules of Engagement which won the IDA Feature award in 97 and was nominated for an Academy Award. It also happened to get two thumbs up from Siskel and Ebert.

Quotes from the back of the VHS

"One of the best films of the year!" LA Times, SF Chronicle, Minneapolis Star Tribune, LA Weekly, St. Paul Pioneer Press.

"The only truly important film of the year. See it now. You will never be the same." SF Bay Guardian.

"Photographic evidence that the FBI, contrary to official assertions, fired on, then torched the Branch Davidian compound. A doozy of an investigative expose." NY Times.

This is not a Michael Moore docudrama, its a hard hitting investigative report. It has live footage and FBI press conferences from the beginning of the siege to the end.

Ever wonder why NBC came out with a made for TV movie depicting Koresh as a violent child molester before the siege was even over? I do.

I do not think Koresh was a saint but the stories you heard and believed are false.

Seriously make an effort to find "Waco; the rules of engagement."