As for the inference about “the military” doing an assessment of the strength of the cowboys group while scheming some kind of attack, that implies an ORDER from Obama to move say the 82nd Airborne in to Bunkerville like Eisenhower did in Little Rock.
My thought is that “this ain’t no Little Rock” and “Obama ain’t no Eisenhower”. Would the 82nd Airborne follow an order to OPEN FIRE on a few Americans because a few judges on the federal payroll, listening to the governments limitless lawyers over 2 decade, and up against Bundy’s probably unpaid lawyer, ruled for the government. Imagine that!
I am paying you so you damn well better rule for me! That’ the implied threat to these federal judges and the advancement ladder to an Appeals Court or the Supreme Court better not have any anti government rulings in it. It was a stacked deck and ole Cliven damn well knows it.
The new military? They might just follow orders
Of course the military would fire. They’re trained to follow orders.
Who ultimately pays them doesn’t matter.