Sorry, I'm not buying what you're selling. Using your axiom, child molesters - like NAMBlA - could set up shop in a fortified location, arm themselves to the teeth and molest children at their will, knowing that authorities aren't eventually going to put a forceful end to it.
Koresh had installed fortified bunkers, and armed himself aggressively and openly and frequently claimed (on tape) that he had the means to repel the Bradleys that had been dispatched to the scene. Should the FBI not taken him at his word? Of course they should. So, they upgraded to Abrams (disarmed Abrams), that were much more armor-capable than the Bradleys.
Again, if this had been a Muslim compound, NO ONE would have any problems with the tactics, nor the outcome.
It was government incompetence that lead to the seige and it was government incompetence that ended it so badly.
The government did successfully put a stop to the alleged molestation by incinerating the children.
Well, it's so nice to know that at Waco, they were just there serving a warrant for child molestation, and that they rescued those poor, innocent children.
claimed (on tape) that he had the means to repel the Bradleys that had been dispatched to the scene.
Yep. Because we know there is no law about using the military in a civil action.
Should the FBI not taken him at his word?
Well, he couldn't take them at their 'word'. They repeatedly lied to him, and refused to let the one person he agreed to meet with, do so. They used tactics they used in VIETNAM to harass and debase the American citizens and innocent children living in the compound.
So, they upgraded to Abrams (disarmed Abrams), that were much more armor-capable than the Bradleys.
That wasn't the only thing they 'upgraded'.