I'd even take issue with this statement. Yes, Clinton, his subordinates and officials in Texas mishandled this, and perhaps even violated federal law with respect to assets deployed to the situation. But, David Koresh is the person who is directly responsible for Waco, not Bill Clinton.
If David Koresh's name was Abdul Hussein, and it was a muzzie compound rather than some faux-Christian sect, people would be showing no mercy for those killed in the "raid".
Koresh was mad-man, who probably institutionally molested young girls, and kept women against their will. The world is better off without him, it's just too bad the federal government was so fiercely incompetent that they allowed some 30 children to be killed in the process.
Uh. Well then the Turkish guy in Pennsylviania should be worried?
Koresh is to blame for his crimes and sins, and there are many, but Clinton is to blame for the government incompetence and ridiculous aggression, which killed those children directly.
You don't end alleged child molestation with tanks.
Interesting theory but I beg to differ.
I think any other religious sect would be treated with politically correct gloves. We cannot be even slightly harsh with battle field radicals at Gitmo.
How can you suggest the government and media would tolerate the killing of radicals identified as muslim?
The Left does believe that sincere Christianity is dangerous because it is potentially insubordinate. The Left believes Christians will resist their agenda. This makes them dangerous and the Left threat constructs them constantly to keep them under political thumb.
No one knows for sure that this happened. They only have the medias word about that. They were totally wrong about Ruby Ridge and Elian Gonzalas. I'd say they were wrong about Koresh, too.
Many didn't anyway.
But even if it was Abdul, I would not adovcate shooting into a building with children in it, especially not shooting first.
Just where is that steel front door anyway? Maybe Morris knows?
Koresh was mad-man, who probably institutionally molested young girls, and kept women against their will. The world is better off without him, it's just too bad the federal government was so fiercely incompetent that they allowed some 30 children to be killed in the process.
Sorry, I disagree with you here. I won't defend Koresh, as I also believe that he was a whack-job. However, the simple fact is that:
a) child molestation was NOT cause for the BATF to do a "no-knock" raid on the Davidians.
b) Koresh regularly went into town. If they wanted to arrest him, it could have been easily and safely done.
But then that wouldn't have generated an "exciting" news clip at the time that congressional funding of the BATF was being considered.
The simple fact is that there was NO REASON for all of those people to have been murdered (including the BATF agents killed during the initial assault). The blood was spilled due to political concerns.
Mark
Not to mention the complete cover up by all levels of government since then. Koresh is one guy and arresting him would have ended whatever he was actually doing. The FedGov and its alphabet agencies continue on.