Thanks. Although much of the scrutiny has been on the April attack, I personally find the abuses of power in the February attack equally compelling, especially since (1) the latter is a sine qua non of the former; (2) there is indisputable proof of wanton recklessness on the part of government agents; (3) a sine qua non of the February 28 casualties was the decision to conduct a lawless no-knock raid despite the lack of authorization.
Every BATF agent who entered Mount Carmel Center during that initial attack should be charged with 11 counts of Murder in the First Degree. They had no legal justification for entering the way they did (thus their entry constituted armed burglary), and their actions resulted in the death of 11 people.
your the one defending a cop killer, the information that those of us who are not paranoid delusional schizophrenics are talking about is widely available, read any CREDIBLE book on the topic (read: one not sold at gun shows) and get educated about the topic
WHY oh WHY did the Davidians resist a lawful order and allow law enforcement officers to proceed with the carrying out a lawful order?
WAS there material that Vernon Wayne Howell feared *WOULD* be found - and he couldn't take a chance on that? Was that it in a nutshell - guilty con-man fears his world is about to unravel SO he slams the door back shut!
AND - he *KNEW* there was incriminating material - AND he had absolutely *no* desire to be hauled back before a law-abiding magistrate again and RISK a trial and eventual imprisonment.
Oh the horror! Being sent up for an crime! No more pre-teens! Oh the horror!