[FreedomPoster]

Good article. However, this part:

In the blink of an eye, a nation can go from squashing an idiot like Saddam Hussein`s massive army to internal problems where national police elements must train on weapons of war to deal with its own citizens, e.g. a nutcase like David Koresh.

I found extremely annoying. Koresh may have been a bit of a nutcase, but he did nothing to deserve the s&*#storm that fell on his head. The Feds created that situation by not just arresting him on one of his routine trips to town. Instead, the ATF created a fiasco, because they wanted a telegenic "dynamic takedown" at budget time, which went bad, then Reno and the Feebs compounded the error.

[SauronOfMordor]

I found extremely annoying. Koresh may have been a bit of a nutcase, but he did nothing to deserve the s&*#storm that fell on his head. The Feds created that situation by not just arresting him on one of his routine trips to town. Instead, the ATF created a fiasco, because they wanted a telegenic "dynamic takedown" at budget time, which went bad, then Reno and the Feebs compounded the error.

Koresh's fate was sealed when ATF agents got killed in the initial fiasco. If he were allowed to peacefully surrender, there was a good chance that a Taxas jury would have acquitted them for acting in self-defense against an illegal attack, followed by a civil suit against the feds. That precedent could not be allowed.

[Squantos]

Agree 100%. So many times they could have taken that guy down peacefully. I do not give one rats ass how evil or mean or sick those adults were or weren't in that compound but those children DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE at the hands of such an application of excessive force.

BatFags/FiBi's and alphabet agencies were indeed fishing for funds and it backfired on innocence IMO.

Stay Safe, Stay Armed and Stay Honest !

[CDHart]

I agree. I mentioned Waco a few weeks ago to a co-worker, and she said "that's ancient history." IMO -- it's a lesson to be learned and not forgotten -- government is "like fire, a dangerous servant and a fearful master." (I don't know who said it, but it's true.)

Carolyn