Bingo. My own suspicion is that the
Times placed these words in his mouth at the request of the federal government to create a wave of revulsion. This way, when DHS goes in with drones and helicopter gunships and slaughters the Bundys and their supporters, there will be no uprising, no civil war, but a passive acquiescence that he and his supporters got what they deserved. The deaths among the DHS kill teams will be enough to justify a crackdown on gun ownership, militias and dissent.
This is government disinformation.