That shot isn't as long as you'd think. The US military was defeated by illiterate heroin farmers in Afghanistan because we couldn't kill more of them than they were recruiting each year over a 20-year stretch. Now imagine if the same military we'd use to put down a domestic insurgency was full of MAGA sympathizers and you'll see just how easy it might be to neuter the government's armed forces. A lot of them would walk away from the uniform, and those who stayed behind would be at a loss for manpower and equipment that the MAGA loyalists walked away with and/or sabotaged on their way out. Most would not stand and fight, but most wouldn't need to because *even more* liberals wouldn't stand and fight those who did choose to insurrect, and the ones who did choose to stand and fight would be hampered by those who defected or just left their uniforms behind and disappeared into the civilian populace. Never forget that MAGA has more guns than the US government by significant ratios, and that they represent a significant share of the forces that would be mustered to put down a MAGA insurrection. Just some food for thought. I know they have their blindspots in the antigovernment militia community, but we have ours as well. Think about how quickly the government was caught off guard on January 6th and how you had some USCP officers who were negligent in their duties or even sympathetic to the insurrectionists. As the old Rage Against the Machine song goes: "some of those who work forces, are the same who burn crosses."
I didn't say it was impossible, just that I think it unlikely - but I couldn't give you odds. In fact. I was in fact surprised that Jan.6 ended as quickly as it did with as little actual loss of life. And don't forget about the significant numbers of patriotic "others" in the US military, or the fact that there were many "others" in the USCP who held the line on Jan.6. As for myself, having had some military training, my attitude toward anyone who'd want to scare me with an AR-15 could be expressed by quoting Matthew Quigley ("Quigley Down Under"): "I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use one."
That shot isn't as long as you'd think. The US military was defeated by illiterate heroin farmers in Afghanistan because we couldn't kill more of them than they were recruiting each year over a 20-year stretch. Now imagine if the same military we'd use to put down a domestic insurgency was full of MAGA sympathizers and you'll see just how easy it might be to neuter the government's armed forces. A lot of them would walk away from the uniform, and those who stayed behind would be at a loss for manpower and equipment that the MAGA loyalists walked away with and/or sabotaged on their way out. Most would not stand and fight, but most wouldn't need to because *even more* liberals wouldn't stand and fight those who did choose to insurrect, and the ones who did choose to stand and fight would be hampered by those who defected or just left their uniforms behind and disappeared into the civilian populace. Never forget that MAGA has more guns than the US government by significant ratios, and that they represent a significant share of the forces that would be mustered to put down a MAGA insurrection. Just some food for thought. I know they have their blindspots in the antigovernment militia community, but we have ours as well. Think about how quickly the government was caught off guard on January 6th and how you had some USCP officers who were negligent in their duties or even sympathetic to the insurrectionists. As the old Rage Against the Machine song goes: "some of those who work forces, are the same who burn crosses."
I didn't say it was impossible, just that I think it unlikely - but I couldn't give you odds. In fact. I was in fact surprised that Jan.6 ended as quickly as it did with as little actual loss of life. And don't forget about the significant numbers of patriotic "others" in the US military, or the fact that there were many "others" in the USCP who held the line on Jan.6. As for myself, having had some military training, my attitude toward anyone who'd want to scare me with an AR-15 could be expressed by quoting Matthew Quigley ("Quigley Down Under"): "I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use one."