If any of you haven't watched the movie in the OP, Waco: Rules of Engagement, you really ought to. It horrified me at some points.
The Feds taunted and provoked the occupants of the building to the point where they wouldn't want to send their children out to them to be "rescued." During the 51 day standoff, Federal agents would pull their pants down and make gestures at the occupants when they were within view. They would show hand gestures and taunt them. They blasted loud music all night to keep them awake. Shined spotlights at the windows at night. Psych warfare.
At one point the Davidians were permitted to exit their building and bury one of their dead members. For the rest of the standoff, the jackasses in the Bradley tank would purposely drive over the grave, over and over and over again. The tank would go for joyrides and intentionally drive over vehicles parked on their property. The Davidians had to be thinking that they were being held hostage by a bunch of psychotic, aggressive thugs.
The day of the massacre, the Bradley tank was used to create enormous 20' holes in the walls of the building on every side. Every room in the house was pumped with flammable aerosols and covered with CS dust for 6 straight hours. At one point (before the fire) the tank appears to have gotten a body caught in its treads as it drove through the building. The holes that from the tank would form a perfect configuration for a stove that would burn fast & hot, due to the vacuum pressure and high winds. Later, witnesses stated that they saw "fireballs" shot through the hallways that rapidly ignited the building.
Firetrucks were denied access to the building for at least 40 minutes, according to live coverage from CNN. They were intentionally restricted from passing the checkpoint.
The FBI emphatically stated that their agency NEVER fired a single round during the entire ordeal. Yet the infrared footage shot from an observer airplane tells otherwise. As the building went up in flames, suppressing fire from 2 automatic rifles could be seen shooting at the only exit available to the occupants.
Video tapes were confiscated from the media and never returned.
Chuck Schumer's performance at the hearings made him look like a bigger scumbag than I ever previously thought. Joe Biden and Janet Reno both asserted with certainty that the "cult members" killed themselves. What a tidy way to conclude the narrative.
Please watch the film. It really shocked me.
The Feds taunted and provoked the occupants of the building to the point where they wouldn't want to send their children out to them to be "rescued." During the 51 day standoff, Federal agents would pull their pants down and make gestures at the occupants when they were within view. They would show hand gestures and taunt them. They blasted loud music all night to keep them awake. Shined spotlights at the windows at night. Psych warfare.
At one point the Davidians were permitted to exit their building and bury one of their dead members. For the rest of the standoff, the jackasses in the Bradley tank would purposely drive over the grave, over and over and over again. The tank would go for joyrides and intentionally drive over vehicles parked on their property. The Davidians had to be thinking that they were being held hostage by a bunch of psychotic, aggressive thugs.
The day of the massacre, the Bradley tank was used to create enormous 20' holes in the walls of the building on every side. Every room in the house was pumped with flammable aerosols and covered with CS dust for 6 straight hours. At one point (before the fire) the tank appears to have gotten a body caught in its treads as it drove through the building. The holes that from the tank would form a perfect configuration for a stove that would burn fast & hot, due to the vacuum pressure and high winds. Later, witnesses stated that they saw "fireballs" shot through the hallways that rapidly ignited the building.
Firetrucks were denied access to the building for at least 40 minutes, according to live coverage from CNN. They were intentionally restricted from passing the checkpoint.
The FBI emphatically stated that their agency NEVER fired a single round during the entire ordeal. Yet the infrared footage shot from an observer airplane tells otherwise. As the building went up in flames, suppressing fire from 2 automatic rifles could be seen shooting at the only exit available to the occupants.
Video tapes were confiscated from the media and never returned.
Chuck Schumer's performance at the hearings made him look like a bigger scumbag than I ever previously thought. Joe Biden and Janet Reno both asserted with certainty that the "cult members" killed themselves. What a tidy way to conclude the narrative.
Please watch the film. It really shocked me.
