Public Response and Speculation After Waco

Regarding the editorial "The Waco Victims," April 21: It is somewhat surprising to see the soft tone the Monitor took with David Koresh. To dignify him as a "misunderstood messiah" is ludicrous. To put any blame on the ATF and the FBI is unfair. There is only one person to blame - Mr. Koresh. He manipulated and ruined more than 100 lives all for his own ego. Shirley B. Berg, Detroit

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