We were wrong. Apparently, our government is also a communist totalitarian dictatorship. It certainly acted that way then and since. None of those things that should have happened, that must happen, happened. In fact, the government thugs, at least in the Tanks vs. Citizens occurence in the US, were promoted.
Reality dictates that survivors pay close attention to deeds, taking words only at their face value.
It remains to be seen what it taught many Americans. I am too furious, too sick in heart and mind, to fully give vent to my feelings about that horrible day five years ago. That wound, that pain of seeing tanks being used against an American religious community burns as bright today as it did that day. May this wound never heal, may my heart always shudder, may my blood always run cold when I think of April 19, 1993. I am a Christian and will turn my cheek, but there will come a time for righteous vengeance.