In general, the authorities don't go into hostage situations immediately with guns blazing, there are usually attempts to resolve the situation without gunfire.Simon_Jester wrote:They are attempting to use violence to become immune to the law. We wouldn't tolerate that in a bunch of gangsters or criminals. We wouldn't let some lunatic take his son hostage so that he could get custody returned to him or something. Why are we letting a group of organized lunatics with a political agenda do it?
IF there is some behind-the-scenes strategy to attempt a non-violent resolution I'm OK with that - except we won't be privy to that until after it's over.
However, I agree that at some point the government does need to act, even if it does result in violence, because you can't let the bullies win.