while i have vast amounts of contempt for anyone who hurts kids, what really pisses me off is a system that protects those people.
i dont know to a certainty what went on in with koresh and the people with him. do i have my suspicions? yup.
i submit to you, hunter and joe, and the rest of the corrupt ilk that is seated in power right now (and in those days), are entirely WORSE than the boogeyman they HAD to take down. i've said it before, and i'll say it again....koresh's biggest crime was that he didnt share his spoils with those that brought him down.
he would have made a great addition to the clinton crime foundation family. his vision was too small, and my money says that those in power were pissed he was horning in on their area of specialty.
The fact is he could have let them go at ANY TIME after the standoff had transpired
so as to your claim.....let's look at that. specifically, when the final raid began. i ask you to address the FACT that government shot down those trying to flee. you said "at ANY TIME". well, during the raid was "at ANY TIME". so what about that?
do you fucking realize, that if soldiers half way around the world in a war zone did what the government did in waco, they'd court martial everyone involved? YET, you are A-oh-K with what they did to american citizens in AMERICA. and to you, it is the victim's fault. this is my point.
moreover.....who is to say, that IF a person came out, that IF they made it out without being shot, that they wouldnt try to destroy you and lock you away forever? imagine being there, and experiencing the attempted siege the first time. you are going about your business, then suddenly people are trying to gun you down. how fucking willing are YOU going to be to trust that you can "come out with your hands up" and not get gunned down? keep in mind, when they did try, they were indeed, gunned down.
was koresh a scumbag? quite likely. but i say that the people in there with him, didnt deserve to be shot down/burned down like that. it was a simple case of the government flexing and NOT wanting to do things the rational way. here is our muscle, and FUCK YOU......fuck ALL OF YOU. and whether you realize it or not, that was a pivotal point in gov's behavior. they realized they could do anything to anybody, and no one would do shit. and this has and WILL impact YOU and your family.