Wounded knee and Ruby ridge were both making a stand against the government. That didn't work in the whiskey rebellion or any time since. Subversion, dirty politics, any number of ways around them, but public defiance can not be tolerated, the government can not afford to lose face.
Oh I think Bundy plans to win, surely his gazillion facebook fans/email buddies, will pick up their ARs, and join his stand for the god fearing farmer/rancher, being downtrodden by the east coast eggheads/liberal media, who control the government. Just as surely as the government will cower in fear, when confronted with armed patriots defending the constitution because god is on their side.
Bundy is delusional. He saw the government treat his old man with kid gloves to avoid a big stink, so now he thinks they'll do the same for him and his band of merry men. Nope. no way, he won't win, and could very well become a martyr, but he doesn't know that yet.
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The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
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