Koresh was a kook, no doubt about it. But Clinton - through Reno - had decided that 51 days was enough; that the power of the federal government was not going to be scoffed at for another minute - no matter what. He incinerated babies. Ruby Ridge, the holocaust at Waco, and a screaming, terrified Elian Gonzalez; these are indelible mental photographs which - for me - will always sum up Bill Clinton's domestic policy. He was a tyrant.
Koresh was different by waging war against the government while surrounding himself with babies/children/noncombatants than Islamofascists HOW exactly?
Do you have a different standard for domestic noncombatants than foreign ones? David Koresh declared war on the US government. In that I fault neither Clinton nor Reno. What if every little kook group decided to declare war against the US government?
The Elian Gonzales thing was also justified. I think the the amount of force used was excessive; however, that child's next nearest living relative was alive and wanted custody. If that person was a US citizen, a court would have to find him unfit as a parent before he would be denied custody.
Instead, we decided to find him unfit as a parent because the ruler of his country is a piece of crap.
The Ruby Ridge thing was a fiasco. I'll give you that. At the same time, Randy Weaver had been busted for the illegal sale of firearms and was asked peacefully to surrender to authorities. Instead, a known anarchist, survivalist and gun nut decided to hole up in his cabin and defy the government. What was the FBI supposed to do? Go after him with slingshots or mace?
I don't have any particular trust in our government; however, when someone openly defies the US government and threaten violence, I don't see why they think they gov't is going to back down to one dipstick with a rifle or a commune leader with an arsenal of weapons at his disposal.