Why are members of the GOP defending David Koresh and the murders of many? I thought they were tough on crime? Do they NOW sympathize with the branch davidians that they are just misunderstood? How do they justify going after Saddam Hussein if they cannot jusitfy going after other criminals? Should we have just let Saddam go on with his business? Let him continue to refuse anyone to come onto 'his property'? Shameful, those of you who tout Koresh as a martyr...
2007-07-25 07:09:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
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2007-07-25 07:19:28 · update #1
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2007-07-25 07:20:25 · update #2
Dead Marxist, answer the question. I found two, within minutes of each other.
2007-07-25 07:21:10 · update #3
wow, I guess we need more proof to take out Koresh than we do for Saddam. WMD anyone? ridiculous...making this a partisan issue when Reno acted on the advice of seasoned FBI folks..really scary how backwards thinking many are.
2007-07-25 07:37:43 · update #4
I guess Dead Marxist has lost all credibility. More silence from the right when faced with the hypocrisy of their own party. When will you guys learn? Maybe after Novemebr, when you are humiliated by the left again...
2007-07-25 09:21:31 · update #5
The operation was bungled, but from what I have heard Koresh was doing awful things in there.
And cops are not murderers - I presume they acted in good faith. I wonder whether the Amidou Diallo (sp?) or Michael Bell cases in New York are any analogy - many said they were tragic errors but not crimes. And those two victims weren't even committing crimes, although in the split second cops had apparently they thought so. The second case has not been adjudicated yet, so we'll see what happens.
In all cases, I hope law enforcement learned from the experience so it does not happen again. Like 9/11, I say find the problem, fix the problem, and argue about it later.
PS Those are some crazy discussions you linked to! Certainly Koresh is the one who set the chain of events in motion by committing all the crimes he did. We expect our police to be "perfect," but again they are human and do their best.
I have to note, though, that when Bush was asked about all the trouble the US/coalition invasion has caused in Iraq, he said that all of it occurred because Saddam ignored the resolutions. He basically said Saddam is responsible because he didn't give us a choice. (I don't even think Bush said anything like "we've done more good than harm.") The same basic thought, although in a very different situation. Valid? Opinions differ. Certainly Saddam's "criminal record" was much, much worse, but so are the consequences of war. (One could also argue that Bush wanted Saddam out no matter what. After all, regime change was US policy since 1998. In retrospect, maybe Saddam should have cooperated 100% and called Bush's bluff. But Saddam was apparently bluffing too about his WMDs, and was assured by France and Russia that no US attack would happen. DIGRESSION ALERT!)
Your point was about hypocrisy, I think, and you made it well!
PS I have had a stalking problem and have had to remove all my contacts, at least for the moment. Please don't take it personally. All the best.
2007-07-25 21:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never seen anyone defending David Koresh. What I have done, and seen many others do, is condemn the BATF, the FBI, Janet Reno, and Bill Clinton for overseeing what was the absolute slaughter of several dozen innocent women and children. Whatever problems Koresh had, there was no need for the BATF to make an early morning crisis entry, with cameras rolling, in order to server him a warrant.
After that screwup, and after a 58 day standoff, there was absolutely no reason to launch an assault on a contained situation in which there were innocents at high risk.
Then the charade "investigation" just added insult to injury. The FBI and their supervision was wholely at fault for the deaths of those people, not Koresh.
2007-07-25 14:20:52 · answer #2 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Koresh deserved to be punished for whatever crimes he may have committed but the whole thing was botched. There was no reason to burn down the building and kill all those innocent children.
2007-07-25 14:13:36 · answer #3 · answered by Brian 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
We are not. The Davidians were dead wrong. We question the killing of children as it was against the Policy of every President since Washington. We were not at war with them.
The ATF, led by Janet Reno screwed up.
Don't you remember how howling mad Clinton's own people were at him for that one? And how he then blamed it on Reno?
Guess not...
2007-07-25 14:13:58 · answer #4 · answered by Ken C 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Koresh was an idiot but you cannot deny the government could have handled the situation better
2007-07-25 14:13:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
Name one Republian who is defending Koresh, and provide a link to prove it.
Until then, your allegations are not credible
2007-07-25 14:13:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
They're desperate? Delusional?
2007-07-25 14:16:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
They are so driven by hate that it causes them to deliberately misperceive reality. It's more sick than sad.
2007-07-25 14:12:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
that's how they do
2007-07-25 14:12:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋