re: What was the country’s reaction to the 1993 Waco siege when that was going on?

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And yes, I do believe the Branch Davidians poured fuel and started the fire. I'm not 100% sure, but based on the hours and hours of documentaries and programs I watched.... I do believe it was Koresh's plan to have the place burned instead of going to jail.

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I think the FBI negotiators could have gotten most out if they had been allowed to do it. Koresh, I’m not sure if he would have left. I think it definitely would have been better to let the negotiators play it out.

I think they probably started the fires as well. Given what the government did, they knew they were screwed if they left. Look at the bullshite they did to the survivors, they had every right to fear leaving. I don’t think the government did themselves any favors to make themselves look better in regard to this though. They straight up lied about using any CS rounds that could start a fire until 1999 and then were like yeah we did use that type of round.