Directed by William Gazecki

You're a grand old flag You're a high-flying flag And forever in peace may you wave

WACO: THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT is a documentary detailing the Branch Davidian Compound and its siege by the Feds. It offers a diametrically opposed viewpoint to that of the mainstream media. Even those of you who are always on the side of anybody the government blows up will be shocked and appalled by the degree of disinformation exposed in this documentary. Even if only 10% of what the documentary claims is actually true, it would still be a scathing indictment of just how fucked our Federal enforcement agencies really are.

Yeah yeah yeah, I know-you're a blasé been-there-done-that armchair politico. Listen, I'm a fucking terrorist named Talibano and I'm telling you this shit will still kick your ass. I'm not to proud to admit that this shit had me in tears. And it was during the goddamned Clinton Administration, so it oughta shut up your bleeding heart lefty bullshit.

The documentary features a twist so uncanny that it could just be the metaphor that epitomizes how the media shapes our perception of events. See, the Compound just happened to have been built on a geography where the front is completely clear and visible from really far away, but the back is mostly obscured. So the Feds invited the media down and just asked them to stay back since there was gunfire. The media was fine with that because the view seemed free and clear from their position. And then, according to well-documented evidence, the Feds orchestrated a masterful bit of chicanery. They attempted to negotiate at the front of the building, while they launched a brutal, bloody raid into the Compound from the rear. Of course, only the failed negotiations were evident to the news cameras.

The testimony of survivors and the videotape footage shot by the Davidians during the siege effectively jerk tears from even the most callous of viewers, but it is the actual hard evidence that really drives home the weight of the documentary. Most notably, high-tech heat-sensitive video from the besieging helicopters show both sides of the Compound, and experts point out the blatantly obvious and horrifying discrepancies between the Feds claims and the series of events.

Were the Branch Davidians stockpiling weapons for a bloody coup or were they just a bunch of harmless zealots living in the middle of bumfuck Texas? Was Koresh a polygamous child molester or just a failed musician turned preacher? We'll probably never know for sure (except we are sure that he was a failed musician... that record is worse than the Charles Manson's shit). The documentary, however, sure paints a more likely picture than the mainstream media did in its ever increasing desire to demonize every poor soul it can sink its teeth into.

What it all comes down to is that every American has the right to be a fucking freak, alone or in a group. In fact, it's pretty thoughtful of the freaks to move themselves into a compound where we don't have to be bothered with their weird religious beliefs. It sure beats the hell out of Krishnas bugging me all the fucking time with their fucking beads and books.

Anyhow, go get this and learn yourself something.

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