Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the government massacre of the Branch Davidians. The government gassed and burned to death 76 people, including 21 innocent children under the age of 16, at the Branch Davidian compound outside of Waco, TX.
A government investigation exonerated the government of any wrongdoing.
As Anthony Gregory wrote on LewRockwell.com, "Waco is still important, because it illustrates the violent nature of the state, the fact that political power flows from the barrel of a gun, and the scary truth that the U.S. government is ultimately no different from all others in this respect."
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The Branch Davidians in Waco constituted just another closed, secretive, sexually abusive cult that was left to fester unattended too long, with horrific consequences. David Koresh was a charlatan and a false prophet. The tragedy at Mount Carmel in '93 will forever be on his head.
No doubt that Koresh was a charlatan and the Branch Davidians were a cult, but that is not a capital offense. And if the Davidians were a sexually abusive cult, why punish the supposed victims (i.e., the 21 innocent children who burned to death)? Koresh bears a share of the blame for the tragedy, but that does not absolve the government of the massacre that occurred at Mt. Carmel.
And how do you cover the killing of the four ATF officers?
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