Does the Military have the right to take their land?

At times I wonder what happened to the concept of liberty, and freedom of choice. I have no problem with the military making an offer for land that they want to purchase, and as an example in this case the ranchers to sell their land but there should be no force and the price should not be what the military decides it wants to pay. Some of those ranchers families owned the land way before the military ever came on the scene and even those who came later? Where exactly are they supposed to go?

That's not even touching on the topic of the history of that area that could be destroyed...

I totally disagree with this statement:

State Sen. John P. Morse, a Colorado Springs Democrat, (said) that "patriotism is about accepting your cost, even when it is disproportionate."

That's total bunk, especially since it really is questionable why we need to train more of our troops to fight in a place where we shouldn't even be in the first place. If Congress and the President would put a stop to sending our troops to the middle east none of these millions of acres of land would be needed for desert training. Yet to attempt to question the patriotism of the ranchers because they don't want to give up their life, their livelihood and their history? I sincerely hope when Morse is up for re-election the residents of Colorado remember his lack of concern for their well being.