Well, it pretty much was if you leave out the gunfire and then the massive attack on the compound... At Waco, a mass of ATF agents showed up at a compound where the occupants were known to be anti-government and rather than trying to knock on a door and ask, they immediately attacked the compound. The people inside fought back. The ATF needlessly escalated the situation. If all they wanted was Koresh, they could have arrested him when he went into Waco on one of his frequent trips.
What the ATF wanted, wasn't an arrest. They wanted a publicity stunt. That's why the press and media were invited along. The FBI and DoJ are doing the same thing now.