The negotiations with the insane Branch Davidians were, from my reading, conducted about as well and for far longer than anyone could have expected. Koresh fully INTENDED for this to end the way it did, and from everything I have read about it, had I been in Janet Reno's place knowing what she knew - I would have ordered the attack as well. Maybe even sooner.

You cannot protect lunatics from themselves forever.


"If American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens, fascism will grow in strength in our land." - Franklin D Roosevelt, Nov 4, 1938.