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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMilitias Act Like They Yearn For Open Warfare & Insurgency With Feds
The end of the stand off may not be the last word so to speak for militias. And you wonder what is going on that is under the radar. What we say may only be the beginning of a wider problem.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)however, what they really want is "I got (or should get) mine (and much of yours) " and the rest of you should pay for it. Beyond that it's mostly about a megaphone and not much else.
quaker bill
(8,224 posts)There are places around the world where armed groups of citizens take on their governments. Sometimes they win, mostly they lose, but in either case a great many wind up dead. There in lies the problem.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)The reality of an actual fight is the last thing they expect. It's fun being the big man for a change. Taking on the big bad Federal government, at least until the government says they've had enough.
malaise
(269,049 posts)You see the idea of privatizing 'federal' or 'state' land is all about neo-liberalism. Follow the money.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)What's behind it is that the mining and timber companies want to get their hands on that land.
malaise
(269,049 posts)which explains the silence and/or support from ReTHUGs