Quote Originally Posted by peggy View Post
See, even Alan here thinks the feds backed down in the face of greater firepower. Some sort of mexican stand-off, right here in the good 'ol US, that he apparently approves of, and all for the wrong reasons I'm afraid.
No, actually I don't think the feds backed down in the face of greater firepower. I think the feds temporarily backed down in order to wait for protesters to leave the area before storming the ranch.

Personally, I think this Bundy guy is nuts, but I also think the small army the feds sent after him is overkill. Put the two together and you get a bad result, especially if there's no third party willing to step into the middle.