shane manners

Not sure we have the absolute total description from cult member accounts as a lot of cut short statements when it looked like they had more to say, but i would say a fairly balanced point of view from both sides. They were a religious cult based on Christianity and as of many cult leaders over the ages had a self appointed messiah. They appeared to be living off the grid by choice with a certain prescribed freedom to want to be there or leave unlike scientology and many others i've heard horror stories about. In saying that I think if it is true Koresh was grooming under age girls that is a crime and that should have been dealt with separately and absolutely not in that manner. The series certainly gets you questioning the decisions made on both sides of the conflict. Much of the recorded conversations and footage is likely not released to netflix which becomes apparent when footage of the multiple lit fires for example was a cut to when the fires were well underway not how they possibly started. My take on the event is that government authorities would have stormed in there for an overdue parking ticket if they could. The government has a reputation of targeting well armed devout constitutionalists when mostly they just wish to be left alone. The new world order is here and eventually that will be the fate of any that think they can hide from it.