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...interview early in William Gazecki's documentary on the fiasco in Waco, a Branch Davidian makes one desperate plea: "I hope that nobody jumps to conclusions." Waco: The Rules of Engagement means to fulfill this wish...
Gazecki's Waco: The Rules of Engagement aims to tell a different side of the Waco story--the side the American public presumably did not see. When necessary, it shows the conflict from the side of the Branch Davidians, explaining their behavior and justifying their religious beliefs...
...documentary is most convincing when it examines the sociological breakdown of the Branch Davidians. The members of the Branch Davidians included a large number of elderly and children. The people who composed the Branch Davidians were of diverse ethnicities. Waco essentially questions the public's conception of the Branch Davidians, personalizing them as victims of their own beliefs...
...Waco: The Rules of Engagement thus does what few others did, asking why these people became Branch Davidians. The members become people who made rational choices rather than blind, impersonal drones who followed Koresh. A portion of the film even documents the history of the Branch Davidians, showing it to be not a cult, but a more established religion. The documentary is most balanced in these passages, treating these people fairly and with sufficient compassion...
...Nichols and McVeigh drove from Oklahoma City to Herington together. The agents asked Nichols if McVeigh had said anything during the trip that would make Nichols believe McVeigh was involved in the bombing. "Yes," Nichols said. He said McVeigh was much more "hyped" about the FBI siege of Waco than...