Time: Fri Dec 12 04:57:39 1997 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Why the Waco Holocaust Matters (fwd) Cc: Bcc: sls References: <snip> > >The Waco Holocaust matters for the same reason the German Holocaust >mattered: When barbarities are practiced by a government, civilized >people must stand up and say STOP! lest the whole society be consumed >by barbarism. > >The tiny sect called the Branch Davidians, reviled in the 1990s, were >as worthy of protection as the Jews of Europe, reviled in the 1940s. > >Over the cornice of the US Supreme Court these words are etched: > >Equal Justice Under Law > >To fair-minded Americans, those words apply to both the Branch >Davidians and their murderers. > >As a society, we do not let murderers go free, for experience shows >they will murder again. Under a system of equal justice, when >physical and circumstantial evidence indicates a person has committed >a crime, he or she is indicted and brought before a jury. So it >should be: one rule of law for all. > >The American Revolution specifically rejected the concept of the >Divine Right of Kings. The American revolutionaries believed that >legitimate political power arose from each and every individual >person, and was delegated by them to government. The government was >to be a servant of the people. Under this system, servants of the >people (the government) have no Divine Right to murder their employers >(the citizens). > >Thomas Jefferson said that the tree of liberty is nourished by the >blood of tyrants and the blood of patriots. We citizens of the US >will not be intimidated into silence or acquiescence. We are the >inheritors of the American Revolution. > >By this crime, the US government proclaimed itself to be the enemy of >the people. When the executive branch of government turns to >murdering the citizens, what redress do the citizens have? Who will >arrest and try a murderous general, and who will arrest and try a >murderous attorney general? > >Congress could have taken a number of immediate remedial actions. It >could have conducted an honest, vigorous investigation. It could have >immediately reduced funding to the agencies involved by the amount >spent. It could have disbanded the units involved, fired the >personnel, and prohibited them evermore from federal benefits and >employment. It could have impeached the military and civilian >officials involved; it could have seen that a Special Prosecutor was >appointed, and vigorous prosecutions conducted. > >When the Congressional hearings on Waco took place in the summer of >1995, many Americans hoped that an honest investigation would be done. >But Congress suppressed the evidence and became accessories to the >crime. > >For less evidence than you see on these pages, ordinary people are >convicted and sentenced to death. If the Serbs are justly tried for >war crimes against the Bosnian Muslims, what hypocrisy makes the world >community turn its face from the war crimes against the Branch >Davidians? The Serbs are not even accused of killing children, as did >the US in Waco. > >It is because of the evidence you will see on these pages that >Americans are arming themselves, to protect their families against the >outlaws, whether the outlaws wear the uniforms of the US military or >law enforcement. > >Look at the evidence against the US military and law enforcement. We >have documented their outrageous lies. We have the evidence of their >murders. We have the autopsy reports, we have photos of the twisted >bodies, of the tortured, gassed, mutilated, and burned. > >Righteous people of the world: Look! You are the jury. Look at our >shame! > > >Copyright 1996 by Carol A. Valentine, on loan to Public Action, >Inc. All commercial rights are reserved. Full statement of terms >and conditions for copying and redistribution is available in the >Museum Library. "Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum," "SkyWriter," >and the skywriting logo are trademarks of Public Action Inc. > >Visit the Museum at >http://www.Public-Action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum >
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