**three months later**
OK I finally have an opinion on the Waco standoff.
FBI/ATF ultimately BAD because of the efforts to cover-up evidence afterwards, after that final battle in late April.
(As you can see) I spent some time carefully considering this whole thing.
OK I finally have an opinion on the Waco standoff.
FBI/ATF ultimately BAD because of the efforts to cover-up evidence afterwards, after that final battle in late April.
(As you can see) I spent some time carefully considering this whole thing.
PRETEND that I managed to be clever and come back on April 19th 2021 to continue this thread
But I still have an excuse: it probably felt twice as long, for every party involved in the standoff
But I still have an excuse: it probably felt twice as long, for every party involved in the standoff
"But how did you come to your conclusion?"
Simple: The CONTEMPT of Congress and EXCUSES by authorities thereafter, OUTWEIGHS the justifications and reasoning for this whole debacle in the first place.
Simple: The CONTEMPT of Congress and EXCUSES by authorities thereafter, OUTWEIGHS the justifications and reasoning for this whole debacle in the first place.
You need to watch multiple documentaries for this to make any sense.
Pro-FBI/ATF
1.)
2.) pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
Anti-FBI/ATF
1.)
^ Roughly two hours per side.
Pro-FBI/ATF
1.)
2.) pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
Anti-FBI/ATF
1.)
^ Roughly two hours per side.
If you want timelines? here. Timelines. pbs.org/wgbh/pages/fro…
That's not what the rest of the thread is gonna be about.
Instead I'm going for things that caught my eye, and I'm gonna jump around.
Starting with the bodies.
That's not what the rest of the thread is gonna be about.
Instead I'm going for things that caught my eye, and I'm gonna jump around.
Starting with the bodies.
The confirmation by the FBI of tear gas being used (years after the fact) is what really establishes the Waco siege as a historical controversy. archive.is/qXuJW archive.is/dqvz0 archive.is/O72CW archive.is/TRhY0
^^ I say that because it cuts to the immediacy of a situation that's otherwise seemingly difficult to start examining, from the outside looking in.
But with the tear gas angle it's easier to point to passages like this and demonstrate how FEDs were NOT cooperating with State officials. archive.is/TRhY0#selectio…
Yeah starting with the tear gas at Waco really helps get the point across about why people still talk about the standoff almost 30 years later. archive.is/dqvz0#selectio…
"18 years ago, David Koresh called CNN" archive.is/nk9bm
March 3rd 1993 "Cultist Ignores Vow to Surrender : Violence: Koresh said on radio broadcast he and his followers would leave, but by nightfall the standoff continued. Hospitals are warned to expect casualties." archive.is/YhvrC
Listen to this song when learning about WACO, for dramatic effect
It's worth reminding you (even though ultimately I blame the ATF/FBI as WORSE)
That Koresh was a sick man. So there are no "winners" in Waco.
That Koresh was a sick man. So there are no "winners" in Waco.
https://twitter.com/AnOpenSecret/status/1251971791012204545
Anyway back to the thread: sworn in on March 11th 1993, Janet Reno authorized the Waco crisis nytimes.com/2016/11/08/us/…
To this date it marks her legacy. And for strong reasons.
To this date it marks her legacy. And for strong reasons.
After all: Someone had to sign off on the assault. Attorney General Janet Reno did. theconversation.com/the-deaths-of-…
Someone should force @EW to apologize for condoning FBI's psychological torture of Waco Davidians archive.is/JtS0e
(it wasn't a white power group, btw. Pointing out something obvious but I assume there's SOME folks who might have that wrong impression.)
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