There is something repellent to me about the thought of the United States Government being obliged to lay siege to its own property — but so, too, is the thought of another Branch Davidian-like debacle. Jerry Coyne expresses my thinking precisely:
My solution: starve ’em out. Cut off the roads, cut off the water and electricity, and surround the compound. Eventually they’ll either capitulate or, if they’re stupid enough, come out firing.
Just so. Stringently quarantine the property and permit only outbound traffic — with empty hands in the air. If they’d rather die of hunger, or dehydration, or some sickness, let ’em.