I’d have been sympathetic to him if he’d followed the law, paid his grazing fees, and adhered to the court orders.
Hauling in a ‘militia’ to try to intimidate the feds into giving him a special deal goes beyond my sympathies.
If he had done as you recommend, he would have been out of business. The “militia” came running when they saw the tasering, dog sicking, and woman beating being handed out by the BLM.
You do not know the details of this case. Even if Bundy pays all grazing fees to the Government, there are so many “strings” attached to it that he will no longer be able to operate. In effect, he would be signing his own death warrant.