Explain more how, "Clinton killed the people in Waco". Did he kill the people in Waco while getting a BJ or are you completely mislead about the world of Corporations buying politicians?
Bill Clinton was ultimately responsible for the Waco massacre because decisions of that magnitude are not made at ground level or anywhere in between. Once it became a newsworthy event the chain of command extended from the FBI Director to the Attorney General and, once it got really hot, to the President. My loathing for Bill Clinton derives mainly from the fact that he turned his back on the children who burned to death at Waco.
In his book,
A Place Called Waco, Davidian survivor David Thibodeau, makes it clear that Koresh repeatedly agreed to surrender if the FBI would first allow access to the media (
all the reporters present were eagerly willing to enter the residence) but their request was repeatedly denied. In clear violation of the First Amendment (freedom of the Press) all of the reporters at Waco were sequestered at a location about a mile away from the scene and one reporter who attempted to bypass at 3AM was arrested.
Thibodeau goes on to say that right up to the end Koresh remained confident that the American People would not allow the oppressive siege to continue and that it was a matter of time before President Clinton would intervene and allow access to the media.
Dave Guerin, the Davidians' lawyer, who was granted access to the residence once during the first week of the siege, said the same thing. He also tried to reach Janet Reno who refused to take his calls.
Again, Koresh knew, as was affirmed by a Texas state court, that ATF's raid on the Davidian residence was unlawful. He wanted to present the facts to the public before being sequestered in some remote prison. But, as it was, the only information the public received about this siege was filtered through the FBI -- because the Press had no access to the Davidians or to the scene of the siege. The circumstances were exactly as outlined by George Orwell in
Nineteen Eighty Four. All the news came from
Big Brother.