I once corresponded with a federal agent who was at the WACO compound. He told me that he had not come up against that much firepower in Khe Sanh. Why the ATF decided to go after the Davidians in the first place, and how they handled it at the end are another question, as well as the legality of involving the military in a law-enforcement action. But I wouldn’t call it murder, per se. They were armed, dangerous, and determined, as well as insane for exposing their kids to this. Yaakov Mridor of the Irgun was arrested and went along quietly, because he didn’t want to endanger his children. He had more reason to fight the British than the Davidians had to fight the ATF. If they had been Hamas, you would say they were using their kids as a human shield, and you would be right.
They had multiple chances to grab Koresh while he was in town on errands with little fanfare instead they had to play Army and make a big splash at the compound. The rest is history.