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To: Merritt who wrote (854)	9/11/1999 6:00:00 PM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1449

Koresh reminds me of General Ulysses Simpson Grant. I have recently been instructed that Grant was a hard man who sacrificed those under his command recklessly in order to crush a group of fellow citizens who were only protecting certain basic property rights. Like Grant, Koresh could have spared lives had he taken a different course. But, also like Grant, he was willing to lead those under his command to slaughter as if they were lambs. Now, Koresh was not a stupid man. He had no doubt correctly deduced Clinton's evil nature and the Grant-like scorched earth attack policies of Clinton's cocaine-addled mercenaries. What puzzles me is why Koresh didn't learn a lesson from the Battle of Antietam and such, and simply surrender the compound to avoid bloodshed? Of course, none of this excuses the unmerrittorious actions of the Delta Force commandos who unleashed their venom on the helpless women and children haplessly trapped inside the Branch Davidian compound on that fateful day.