Aamon and Ryan Bundy have gotten themselves painted into a box that will end badly. My guess is that the PPN showed up because they know or heard the FBI was going to go out to the refuge and clean house. They are probably stepping in to end this thing so the Bundy’s and the other 20 or so guys can go home and not get arrested.
IMO if the PPN can through this show of force broker a deal and everybody declares victory and goes home it puts the protesters back on the moral high ground and puts the govt on notice that there will be hell to pay if they try any more Wacos.
What they desperately need right now more than more militia is an information PR person who isn't one of these Utah lawyers, who appear to be an arm of the GOPe and are more concerned with how the media will spin things than the safety of the men inside.