Branch daviden

In the presentation on Tuesday, professor Wessinger talked about the incident that happened with the Branch Daviden. In that presentation, we learned how the government caused the death of a massive number of people who belonged to the Branch Daviden congregation and how they tried to cover up the incident using the FBI. This incident to me seem like one of the many underhanded things the government does when you consider incidents like the Vietnam war and recently the government's lie about the weapons of mass destruction in Iran, though the reasoning behind why the government targeted the Branch Davidens and what they had to gain is still remains a mystery to me.