Communication at Waco

The standoff between the combined forces of the FBI and ATF and David Koresh-Branch Davidian was viewed as the worse governmental operation in history. There were several reasons why Waco turned out the way it did. Koresh and 76 of his followers, including more than 20 children, died in flames because there were breakdowns in communication between FBI and the Branch Davidians as the event unfolds. First, there was a lack of competency in communication during the …

…questionable. If their tactics were not too aggressive before the initial shootout, Koresh would have acted differently. Also, they were impatient when Koresh refused to surrender. They started to ram the walls down with tanks and shot tear gas into the compound. Because of these actions that led to the destruction at Waco, the conflict became a lose-lose situation. The FBI failed to carry out peaceful confrontation while Koresh and his followers lost their lives.