For myself I simply cannot believe the mindless support for this so called protest. You try to inform someone of a few facts about this situation and you get shouted down, they're not interested they just want to protest everything.
These jackwads had years to protest and complain and negotiate, or try to get injunctions or EPA action or sue, but no, they wait until the majority of the work is done and the contractors and pipeline company are on the hook for millions or billions in losses. The method will work though, if after putting in years of planning, permitting, meetings, reroutes, right of way negotiations, etc. all it takes is a group of anarchists to stop it cold, you'll damn sure not see any new pipelines proposed, who needs that kind of crap when you're gambling billions and may lose your capacity contracts for not meeting the deadline? The so called core of this is the Standing Rock Sioux, hell they couldn't be bothered to show up to the meetings they'd scheduled when the planning was done, damn near 400 meetings were held with other tribes and groups. I think maybe they woke up and realized they could have gotten some money out of the deal? Send in the guard and put 'er in the ground.
Oh, and now there's supposed to be thousands of veterans on the way their to join in..... I think they're being seriously misinformed about this deal, if they go they should wind up helping the sheriffs deal with the lawless, violent, destructive peaceful protestors.
Ask me how I really feel.....