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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (458604)	9/14/2003 1:57:23 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The actual outcome in Waco was the worst possible one. Everyone in the compound was killed. Waiting them out wouldn't have cost much, it couldn't have resulted in a worse outcome than what actually happened, and it might have resulted in a better outcome. Law enforcement could have easily established a safe perimeter around the compound so they were not personally at risk. This was not in an urban environment. The compound was in an isolated area, and there were no nearby neighbors to worry about. So, no, in my opinion, 51 days was not enough patience to try to save that many innocent lives WHEN THERE WAS NO RISK TO ANYONE OUTSIDE THE COMPOUND!