01-22-2016, 09:25 AM
LE didn't storm the place and kill them all with rat-a-tat-tat in WACO, F.U.
LE surrounded the place and negotiated with Koresh, who allowed some Branch Davidians to leave early on. Then, Koresh changed directions and refused to negotiate a surrender, claiming he had a divine mission (something Ammon Bundy has also alluded to).
After that and knowing that children were being sexually abused at the WACO compound, LE tried to drive the members out with sleep deprivation tactics, which didn't work and probably only heightened their paranoia and made Koresh's "end of days" prophecies appear validated to the members who chose to stay in the compound.
WACO didn't end with a rat-a-tat-tat, it started with a rat-a-tat-tat by Davidian security members when the ATF went to raid the compound for alleged weapons violations on day 1 . It ended with a fire at the compound killing 76 members on day 51. There was a lot of a speculation that the government had started the fire, but later investigation (which is still contested by some) concluded that the fire was started by the Davidians who chose to end the conflict by committing mass suicide/murder.
LE surrounded the place and negotiated with Koresh, who allowed some Branch Davidians to leave early on. Then, Koresh changed directions and refused to negotiate a surrender, claiming he had a divine mission (something Ammon Bundy has also alluded to).
After that and knowing that children were being sexually abused at the WACO compound, LE tried to drive the members out with sleep deprivation tactics, which didn't work and probably only heightened their paranoia and made Koresh's "end of days" prophecies appear validated to the members who chose to stay in the compound.
WACO didn't end with a rat-a-tat-tat, it started with a rat-a-tat-tat by Davidian security members when the ATF went to raid the compound for alleged weapons violations on day 1 . It ended with a fire at the compound killing 76 members on day 51. There was a lot of a speculation that the government had started the fire, but later investigation (which is still contested by some) concluded that the fire was started by the Davidians who chose to end the conflict by committing mass suicide/murder.