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[–]Canbot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

WACO was the real atrocity. They burned alive an entire camp of women and children.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

David Koresh set that fire, not the ATF agents. There are recordings of him giving the orders.

[–]peety 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

yes, and after koresh was out of the compound, he ordered the tanks to roll over everything. /s

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It was a botched operation and the reason they used for search warrants (supposedly a box with grenades fell at a post office facility and busted open) was corrupt, but Koresh was a cult leader and child rapist and used the raid "to go out in a blaze of glory" instead of life in prison or the death penalty.

[–]peety 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

of course (((they))) needed a search warrant. (((they))) couldn't apprehend Koresh on one of his many solo trips to town.