the thing is, yea, he could have paid the fees, but in the bigger picture, it was always going to come to this at some point.
To me anyways, its seems pretty clear the BLM had no intention of providing a means of access to the point it was profitable for Bundy to continue.
While I do agree that paying the fees is the right thing to do, it wasn't going to make a difference in the direction this issue was heading.
