>Rob Schaap writes:
>the thing we never got to hear was what *really* caused the trouble in
>the first place. In a landscape dotted by charismatic would-be
>christ-figures and armed-to-the-teeth 'citizens' militias', what was it
>about Koresh's mob that stood out to the authorities? I never really >understood that.
Well, the Davidians' trade in guns and the stories of the teen brides that Koresh was taking made them attractive fall guys; but as the documentary does suggest, the most decisive factor in the staging of this little teleplay was probably the ATF's upcoming budget hearings, for which they wanted a sizzling (again, no pun...) theatrical trailer.