Pressure grows on Oregon militia as former Bundy backers call for retreat

[Quixote1818]

I have to say, I think the Gov. staying out of this is working. By the town wanting them out and other militias turning on them, this has actually done a lot of damage to the militia movement because it is shining a light on how over blown their concerns for Gov. over reach are. People are watching this and seeing there really isn't much to this and they are thinking "This is the best reason they could come up with for an armed take-over of Gov. property? Really?" Had the Gov. gone in heavy handed then it would have completely fueled the anti Gov. movement. Right now they are beginning to look demoralized.





Sam Levin in Burns, Oregon

Some protesters have begun to leave Malheur wildlife refuge headquarters, as onetime collaborator says leader Ammon Bundy should exit ‘the right way’


As the armed siege of an eastern Oregon wildlife refuge entered its second week, the rightwing militia faced increasing pressure to surrender – including from former supporters of the occupation’s leader.

Ammon Bundy, the Nevada rancher who organized the takeover of the Malheur national wildlife refuge headquarters, avoided reporters all weekend as some of the protesters began to leave the occupation and as local residents and activists who had previously backed Bundy demanded that he and his militiamen retreat.

“We’re gonna figure some way to get him out,” Travis Williams, a 46-year-old Harney County rancher, told the Guardian on Saturday night. Williams had met and collaborated with Bundy last month in advance of a large rally to protest against the prosecution and imprisonment of local cattle ranchers Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven. But he and other local allies of Bundy were shocked when Bundy and fellow out-of-state men hijacked the protests and formed a heavily armed militia that seized a number of buildings at the federal wildlife sanctuary, located 30 miles away from the town of Burns.



More:

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/11/oregon-militia-protesters-ammon-bundy-malheur-wildlife-refuge

[SamKnause]

1. They removed 80 feet of fence today to allow

ranchers next to the refugee and sanctuary to let their cows in.

They cut the fence and used federal equipment to move the post

and barbed wire.

They have support of two or more Republican politicians.

They have support from some of the police.

They have support from some of the townspeople.

This is outrageous !!!

[peacebird]

2. End it peacefully BUT Ammon has to be arrested for destruction of federal property (fences removed)

And for illegally accessing govt files & computers, breaking & entering, etc

And papa bundy has to have the govt go after him for over one million in grazing fees not paid..

[SCantiGOP]

3. You may get Bundy out

But at some point he's going to be in handcuffs.

[juxtaposed]

4. I say let them keep going, They just dig, and dig burying them selves even deeper.

If anyone here thinks they have not been compromised by federal agents they are mistaken. When the 3% fools went to the airport to mingle with the FBI you saw what the fbi agents where wearing, same getup as the bundy boys..
I hope no one gets hurt.