Bundy Rejects Help From Patriot Group That Showed Up At Oregon Standoff
It's odd that the most likely scenario involving the use of guns in this terrorist operation would be one terrorist group opening fire on another terrorist group.
Bundy Rejects Help From Patriot Group That Showed Up At Oregon Standoff
A lull had set into the weeklong standoff at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon when more than a dozen trucks approached the compound Saturday.
According to the Oregonian, the vehicles were filled with members of the Pacific Patriot Network, a consortium of armed men from around the Pacific Northwest whose declared goal is to educate individuals on how to prepare for political and natural disasters.
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The Pacific Patriots Network – a collection of western militias– considers itself the "communities first responders," and its website declares its mission is to organize "a comprehensive and integrated response that coordinates community resources to protect life, liberty, property and the environment of our communities through mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery from all natural and man-made hazards."
But the patriot group does not appear to be an ally of the Oregon militiamen. Instead, a spokesman for the group had told Reuters previously that the group disagreed with the Oregon takeover. Todd Macfarlane, a mediator between the militia and the community, told the Guardian, “Ammon felt blindsided" by the group's arrival, which he said was "not a welcome development."
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