[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I guess the Russians decided not to do the 51-day standoff like the ATF. Looks like they also decided not to burn the place to the ground with everybody inside, which is a classic trademark of the ATF.

[gcruse]

I guess the Russians decided not to do the 51-day standoff like the ATF.
Looks like they also decided not to burn the place to
the ground with everybody inside, which is a classic trademark of the ATF.

VaBthang4 thinks Russia has a piss poor record of handling these thlngs.
He needs to see this and remember.

[Truth29]

FBI assault (aka Janet Reno) lead to fire, not ATF.

[Rome2000]

I guess the Russians decided not to do the 51-day standoff like the ATF. Looks like they also decided not to burn the place to the ground with everybody inside, which is a classic trademark of the ATF.

Actually, the ATF would have raided the Waco compound within 24 hours if not for the fact that there were children inside and there was no threat to kill hostages.

It takes a RENO and a CLINTON to turn a non life threatening situation into a massacre of innocents.

[El Gato]

Looks like they also decided not to burn the place to the ground with everybody inside, which is a classic trademark of the ATF.

Actually it's the FBI with the pyro reputation. The BATF makes the messes, then the FBI, or federal marshalls or most anybody else, is sent in to clean it up, often with "non pyrotechnic" tear gas grenades that somehow seem to start fires.