Regardless of what response you favor, BLM did back off in the face of armed intimidation

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55. BLM director should be fired immediately

BLM should have never STARTED this cattle roundup if they were not determined to finish it, and if they did not have a plan to overcome/outsmart the certain resistance.

I'd much prefer to have had the BLM do nothing about these cows for 20 more years than to have the BLM start to enforce the court order then back down in the face of armed intimidation.

BLM knew the threats they were dealing with, or damn well should have known. Has no one at BLM read the Southern Poverty Law Center's reports on right-wing militias and the 'patriot' movement, etc?

IF the BLM were going to get these cows, they should have created a plan IN ADVANCE that would deal with the likelihood of like-minded people coming to support Bundy. The BLM should have spent the money needed to get it done quickly. The BLM should have shut down the roads into the area so as to prevent the armed people from getting close to the BLM people collecting the cows.

I don't want another Waco, but I don't want to see the government back down when intimidated by armed force, either. It's sheer incompetence and lack of planning and lack of taking the threat of right-wing militias seriously by the BLM that allowed this armed confrontation to get started, and it is infuriating. The fact that the government tucked tail between their legs and slunk off and the militia nuts are cackling with glee over their victory is a terrible outcome.

The person responsible for this disaster, the director of the BLM, should be fired ASAP.

As far as future action by the BLM to bring Bundy into line, what's that going to be? Take him to court? That's worked so well for the last 20 years.... What a stupid farce.

Takeaway lessons from today:
The next time I go to a demonstration, I want it to be an armed demonstration. That's what works in this country, it's been proven today. Time for a left-wing militia.

No more getting our heads bashed in while making our statement of righteousness via non-violence. It doesn't work in 21st century America.

The young people of Occupy are still being fleeced by student loans, the bankers got away with outright theft via foreclosure of millions of people's homes, the powers that be totally ignored millions of unarmed people in streets demanding NO war in Iraq. If we'd been carrying guns, we might have won.



Pretty sick messages for our government to be sending out. I cry for my beloved country.