Sunday, April 21, 2019

Bitter lessons 25 years after Waco, Texas, siege | TheHill

Bitter lessons 25 years after Waco, Texas, siege | TheHill
"Twenty-five years ago today, FBI tanks smashed into the ramshackle home of the Branch Davidians outside Waco, Texas.
After the FBI collapsed much of the building atop the residents, a fire erupted and 76 corpses were dug out of the rubble. 
Unfortunately, the American political system and media have never faced the lessons from that tragic 1993 day.
...What lessons can today’s Americans draw from the FBI showdown on the Texas plains a quarter century ago?

  • Purported good intentions absolve real deadly force...
  • It is not an atrocity if the U.S. government does it...
  • Orwellian language will vaporize federal aggression...
  • Truth delayed is truth defused...
  • Don’t trust Congress to expose federal misconduct...
  • Media favorites can perform rhetorical magic tricks...

While the events at Waco alienated millions of Americans from the government, few if any lessons were learned in Washington.
Waco should have taught the disastrous consequences of unleashing government agencies from the law and the Constitution. 
Unfortunately, 25 years later, controversies are raging as hot as ever about the power and prerogatives of federal law enforcement..."
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