@BJCard:
Well, if an armed revolution ever happened in the US, albeit extremely unlikely, I would suppose that various military units would be fractured as well, so both sides would have military assets. Heck, the state of Texas would probably secede and go on their own.
I know that when I was stationed on a US Submarine and the order was to fire tomahawks at Waikiki I would shut the Reactor down (fairly easy to do safely if you know where to go). No power = no Submarine. I would imagine it would be tough to get an all-volunteer force to fight other Americans in the way they are doing in Syria right now. Maybe individual units, but the US military is so large that it would be impossible to get them all to cooperate; I don’t care who you are. Even in Syria you have defections from the Army to the “Free Syrian Army.”
Secondly, you don’t have to have tons of heavy weapons to succeed in revolutions, just the right people at the right places.Â
Well stated,
Alot of times fracturing occurs as one branch of government begins to confront the other.
For example,
An arizona Farmer is going to have his land arbitrarily, and wrongfully taken away from him by the federal government. It will leave him destitute.
The government orders the local sheriff to throw the farmer off of his land. The Sheriff refuses, and states publically that the land grab is wrong.
The federal government then issues a warrant for the Sherrif on the grounds of “obstruction of the law”, sending in ATF/FBI to do the job.
The Sheriff stands his ground with the support of his force, and the local people support their duly elected sheriff, and stand their ground too…
One branch vs the other, and once the blood letting starts, it only gets worse. Revolution.