They are Armed Insurrectionists and should be treated as such.

[boomer55]

I dont understand the need to be coy or careful here. It is an armed uprising that should be put down immediately and with whatever force is necessary.

[MohRokTah]

1. We waited too long.

They've now brought in their children to use as human shields like David Koresh.

[jberryhill]

2. Except they don't have anyone to uprise against

They want a confrontation.

The fact that they aren't getting one, while they sit around all day out in the middle of nowhere, has got to be frustrating for them.

At this point, they don't even know what they are there for.

[99th_Monkey]

3. Some on DU feel strongly the authorities need to "walk on eggshells" lest they trigger

a nationwide armed revolt by gun-nutters & white supremacists.

"..the fact remains that we have a large, maybe up to 20% of the population, group of heavily armed crazies that are basically right wing fanatics with strong racist, xenophobic and homophobic leanings. Couple that with the fact, yes fact, that these people HATE Obama and the government in general because they have been coached by hate-talk radio and Fox 'news' to hate the government instead of the oligarchs who are picking all our pockets.

Do you really want Obama to do 'something' that then escalates and sparks a misguided 'militia' revolution?
...Sure I think it sucks, and yes I think it is sedition. But Obama, the feds and the OR government need to be very careful here because they are literally walking on eggs. "
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7496592

[Rex]

4. We don't treat republican white armed men the same way we do any other group.

Just look how non-violent OWS was stomped down by the authorities as opposed to the hands off approach of Bundy and his kin. This country harbors Foxnews terrorists and coddles them. Any other armed group is treated as enemy-combatants.

[Maedhros]

5. I'd say avoiding loss of life is a good reason to be careful.

Just because we disagree with them politically does NOT mean that their lives are worthless.

Compassion. It's a good thing.

[HassleCat]

6. If they were black...

Try to imagine the law enforcement reaction if a group of 80 armed black men occupied a federal office building.

[erpowers]

9. Imagine the White Republican Response

If a group of armed black men and women had taken control of a government building and/or wildlife reserve, white Republicans would be calling on the government to forcefully remove them from the area. Many probably would have claimed actions like that are why police have a right to kill black people.

There heads would have probably already exploded because SWAT members have not been sent to take back the area. On the other, hand imagine how they would react if President Obama sent in law enforcement to remove the white people occupying the government building. That would also cause their heads to explode.

[HassleCat]

10. Yes, exploding heads

Pretty much all it requires for exploding heads is the presence of a TV camera.

[MiniMe]

7. Deport all of them

They don't want to recognize or be part of the US, kick them out

[L. Coyote]

8. They are armed political trolls in Oregon, itching for a revolutionary conflict to steal the West.

They want the oil and minerals under 50% of the USA, the public lands, all to themselves as private property. Or, at least, to win the election in the Fall, and make some progress on stealing the rest of the West that way.