Review of Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) by Frank P — 07 Jul 2009

OMG!! I just watched this film on the documentary channel and this is a very powerful documentary about what really went down at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. This film leaves one really wondering that the government really didn't want a peaceful resolution to the stand off, and it leaves many questions and doubts that David Koresh was not Jim Jones, in that he didn't have a death wish.

Yes, Koresh misinterpreted the Bible in hugely wrong ways and wanted to separate his people from a society that he viewed as too wicked; but the government never truly proved their case(s) that they we're stockpiling illegal weapons or they had illegal drugs or that Koresh himself was a child abuser .

..the government just acted to eliminate Koresh and his followers without due process and the film leaves the viewers with the thought that the FBI didn't really want Koresh in custody to try him but to simply just get rid of him.

..because the grandmother of Koresh and her attorney went to the ATF/FBI and told them that they could be the intermediary between the govmt. and the branch davidians, but the gov. just dismissed that idea with some further disturbing comments.

..watch it to find out! The govmt. never had any independent intermediaries between them and Koresh..it's either the govmt.'s way or death. This is such an interesting documentary that makes you question and discuss what really happened there, yet we will probably never truly know the ultimate answer.

...only God knows.