I know we all hate the feds here, but the atf didn’t start the Waco fires. Denying reality to own the cops isn’t something that we should be doing. This and killdozer are like 2 of the things that pisses me off with the left trying to co-opt libertarian folk heros because pig bad

  • Qelp [they/them,she/her]
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    4 years ago

    But the atf didn’t start any fires, the davidians were the ones who were pouring gas and other flammable shit and alluding to Isaiah 13 right before the fire started

    • YungTheorist [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      You don’t think that the tank that rammed into the building could have sprayed gasoline alongside the CS?

        • YungTheorist [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          It wasn’t an APC. It was an M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle, which I believe had a way to dump fuel out of the exhaust

          • Qelp [they/them,she/her]
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            4 years ago

            Too much of a reach. Far easier to believe that the doomsday cult set themselves on fire before shooting their leader and stabbing a kid

            • YungTheorist [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              The ATF is still ultimately responsible for the situation. They could have nabbed Koresh when he left the compound for a shopping trip (something he was known to do). Without the leader, the compound would have surrendered, imp