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"On February 27, black-uniformed men of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms wearing “coal scuttle” helmets and carrying German-made machine pistols attacked the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
Fifty years earlier, in January 1943, blackuniformed SS men wearing “coal scuttle” helmets and carrying German-made machine pistols attacked the Jewish compound in Warsaw, Poland.
The BATF men were searching for illegal weapons reported by a paid informant to be in the Branch Davidian Compound.
The SS men were searching for illegal weapons reported by a paid informant to be in the Warsaw ghetto.
Reports from Texas indicate the Branch Davidians kept to themselves and harmed no one outside their compound prior to the BATF assault.
History tells us the Jews kept to themselves and harmed no one outside the Warsaw ghetto prior to the SS assault.
The U.S. broadcast news media tell us that the Branch Davidians practice contemptible sexual rituals involving young children, so they are an evil religious cult.
Nazi news media told the German populace that the Jews practiced contemptible sexual rituals involving children, so they were an evil religion.
The BATF invited the U.S. news media to document the BATF assault to show the American public how dangerous the Branch Davidians are.
The SS had propagandists documents its assault to show the German public how dangerous the Jews were.
Four BATF men were killed and 16 wounded in the initial assault on the Branch Davidian compound.
Eleven SS men were killed and an unrecorded number wounded in the initial assault on the Warsaw ghetto.
After the initial assault, the BATF men magnanimously arranged a truce so children could be evacuated from the Branch Davidian Compound (and they could tend to their casualties).
After their initial assault, the SS men magnanimously arranged a truce so children could be evacuated from the Warsaw ghetto compound (and they could tend to their casualties).
The BATF called up military units with armored vehicles to finish off the Branch Davidian compound after encountering fierce resistance against the initial assault.
The SS called up military units with armored vehicles to finish off the Warsaw ghetto after encountering fierce resistance against the initial assault.
Fifty years have passed, but little has changed."
By: | John D. Dingell, III (more quotes by John D. Dingell, III or books by/about John D. Dingell, III) |
Source: | Letter to The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 1993. |
Categories: | Children |
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