re batf fbi do right thing in waco in article apr gnv ifas ufl edu jrm gnv ifas ufl edu writes if the batf and fbi have become latter day gestapo then they have become that way because we have desired them to be so we get to vote on laws and on the lawmakers i keep hearing people say this it assumes that we at some point had a choice at the ballot box vote yes or no i want the fbi and batf to become latter day gestapos that just isn t so the process is far more complex we do not have direct control over the bureaucracy when we evaluate our representatives we don t often know what their contribution is to the wayward direction of the federal law enforcement bureacracy to assert that we got what we wanted is absurd waco was an encapsulation of the all american experience religious fanaticism militaristic thinking and overwhelming violence don t blame it on them the fbi and batf they were just acting within the parameters we have set over the years we made them we are them oh good i feel much better now by the way do you have a plan for getting us out of this mess we are in
