re: Branch Davidians in Waco

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We didn't start the fiya....

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Thing I recall most about Waco and Ruby Ridge is knowing 100% that Janet Reno didn’t sleep her way to the top.

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Well played

But Ruby Ridge was April 1992.

Of course DK could have just not done so much fricked up shite and eventually lead those people to their death

Fun fact - Branch Davidians still exist as a religious sect, though a very small one.

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Can't say it was handled correctly in hindsight but for him to be screwing 11 year old girls....

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That part of the ABC special was rough. Hearing that the mother of the 11 year old actually set it up for DK to have sex with the child at a hotel room was disturbing. And wasn't the mother one of his "wives" as well?

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You mean the things that are not in Feds purview? Tell us when these became a Federal issue.

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I suspect the combination of cult, child abuse (he was sleeping with 14 year olds and up, plus all of the kids were beaten daily), and a full arsenal of weapons was a bit too much for the local yokel authorities. David Koresh had to be stopped but the Fed’s completely blew the operation. Those people died because of it.

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There was a hundred different ways that situation could have been handled that wouldn't have resulted in dead women and children.

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Ok then how would you suggest clearing a compound or religious fanatics / extremist that have a death wish and are heavily armed?

You don’t have to list all “hundreds of ways”. 20-30 should be fine

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This is funny for a lot of reasons.

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Boro, Town, whatever it takes!

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Thing I recall most about Waco and Ruby Ridge is knowing 100% that Janet Reno didn’t sleep her way to the top.

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Are you sure? Bill Clinton was a seed spreader of legendary status. His standards probably weren’t too high either. That said, Janet may not have been seeking what Slick Willy was selling, so you could be right.

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No fixer upper, no care

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Chip and Joanna could have saved those people. Chip would knock out a wall or two and Joanna would have covered the place with wagon wheels and rustic Knick knacks and a big assed sign saying "antiques".

Serious note, you can tell how angry those ATF agents are, that there was a systemic protracted frick up an miscalculation. The worst being a raid in the first place. I never knew Koresh was seen all over Waco. Just pick him up alone in town?

Those Davidians would have been completely lost.