Reno probably didn't expect the situation to, um, blow up in her face.
It is also undisputed that if they wanted to avoid a show of force, they
could have nabbed Koresh during his jogs around the property line or
whatnot in the morning. Reese, you blather too much.
-Declan
At 09:19 PM 1/19/01 -1000, Reese wrote:
>At 11:54 PM 1/19/01 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> >On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 04:13:32PM -1000, Reese wrote:
> >> Then why were the troops laying siege to the compound, instead of
> >> snatching koresh when he made one of his frequent trips into town?
> >
> >Because sometimes a show of force is perceved as necessary.
>
>oh geez. Why was it necessary to bring in tanks, special forces and
>gunships for overflights? Why, when if all they wanted was koresh,
>all they had to do was wait for him to go to town again, and snatch
>him off the street as he walked down the sidewalk?
>
>Who benefited from this "necessary" show of how forcefully Reno et al.
>could burn wooden buildings with people inside them? Yeah-yeah, the
>evidence is contested, re: who started the fires. What isn't contested
>is the armored vehicles poking gun muzzles through the walls.
>
>Reese
>