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2023-03-26 Olde Tyme Religion
'He's the battering ram God is using to bring down the Deep State of Babylon': Branch Davidians are thrilled Donald Trump will hold rally near its Texas HQ on the 30th anniversary of its founder being shot dead during an FBI raid
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Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ]  Top

#1 "Trump is stoking the fires of Waco."
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-25 06:25||   2023-03-25 06:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Trump doesn't need to "stroke the fires of Waco".
The Right already hates the Feds. He's just along for the ride.
Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2023-03-26 01:10||   2023-03-26 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 I associate Waco with Baylor University and the television show Fixer Uppers. Although most Americans vowed to never forget 9-11, the majority think about it once a year. Fewer think about the Branch Dravidian’s being massacred by the Feds, but maybe more should. Thanks Daily Mail for bringing it up. I doubt that the huuuggee crowd was all cult people bussed from one of the many MAGA compounds.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-26 06:17||   2023-03-26 06:17|| Front Page Top

#4 The siege was a result of the government accusing Koresh of stockpiling illegal weapons and endangering children inside the compound.

Upon reflection, it appears only the government is allowed to "stockpile" weapons or "endanger" children.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-26 06:37||   2023-03-26 06:37|| Front Page Top

#5 The Feds had to burn those kids alive to protect them.
Posted by Airandee 2023-03-26 07:13||   2023-03-26 07:13|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought Bill Clinton wiped them out for...ummm... something nefarious?

Skid,

That is sooooooooooo 1996. Do try to keep up. ;)

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2023-03-26 08:06||   2023-03-26 08:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Point of fact - as everyone seems to have forgotten: It wasn't the feds who piled cans of gasoline throughout the compound "as a deterrent".
Posted by Mercutio 2023-03-26 10:08||   2023-03-26 10:08|| Front Page Top

#8 I refer anyone interested to Jeff Guinn's book Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and a Legacy of Rage. It's an even-handed account, which is to say, it paints the ATF leadership both in Washington and on the ground in Waco as gung-ho and inept and the assault personnel as ill-prepared and in some cases at odds with their superiors about the wisdom of the rushed operation. It also points out from live interviews and local law enforcement records that some of the Davidians were (and among those still alive are) batshit crazy.

While batshit crazy is not against the law, they did themselves few favors along the way.

I know some people don't want to hear that, so flame away.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-26 10:36||   2023-03-26 10:36|| Front Page Top

#9 
Posted by Cholutle Thrans9751 2023-03-26 10:59||   2023-03-26 10:59|| Front Page Top

#10 ...we missing Sea of Flames and Juche?
Posted by Procopius2k 2023-03-26 11:07||   2023-03-26 11:07|| Front Page Top

#11 David Koresh went to Walmart weekly without security. Could have swept the leader up with little risk of fire and Brimstone. Feds could have picked up Trump docs at Mar-a-largo without tv crews and 25 fbi agents….. I see some similarities of the federal need for theatrics
Posted by Airandee 2023-03-26 11:50||   2023-03-26 11:50|| Front Page Top

#12 The local sheriff had in fact previously arrested Koresh (for murder, no less, long story).
The sheriff called him on the phone and said, David, the grand jury indicted you, I'm going to need to arrest you, and Koresh said, I'll meet you in front of the courthouse in an hour.
When Sheriff got to the courthouse, Koresh was sitting on a park bench waiting, alone. He had somebody drop him off, so nobody else would be involved.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-03-26 12:05||   2023-03-26 12:05|| Front Page Top

#13 ^ That's all covered in Guinn's book.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-03-26 12:09||   2023-03-26 12:09|| Front Page Top

#14 All this gov't enforcement without Ray Epps...or so I assume.


Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-26 12:14||   2023-03-26 12:14|| Front Page Top

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