@4d4m Said
This is an accurate assessment. However, military personnel are Americans too. How many do you think would go along with a holocaust? Some might but most would not. This is not 1933 Germany. What about our children? What about their children. What about what we see happening
south of the border ?
Do we really think we are smarter than the people who founded our country and created the bill of rights? I am constantly reminded how arrogant it is to think we are smarter than our forefathers.
Of course, such considerations are heavily based on what the hypothetical tyrant is actually doing to be called as such. We all have different 'lines' we are unwilling to cross, and others that we are.
Interestingly enough, I discussed this same topic with other people here on this forum a while ago. I don't exactly remember, but I think it was said something along the lines of 'even assuming turncoats (not just desertions but actual turncoats), these turncoats would probably have to steal a not insignificant portion of the US's total available military hardware to even get off the ground'.
Honestly, even assuming turncoats in the military that steal military hardware to give to the 'resistance', effectively training people in their use will probably take quite a bit of time. Time I wouldn't really expect the government to give them.
Ultimately, I'm unsure that even if half the military defected it would be enough to overcome the technological advantage between the two sides. Even if this hypothetical tyrannical government were so incompetent as to give their enemies enough time to set up their power bases, train their members, and set up their logistics, they still have to fight half of the military with it's remaining hardware to a standstill to even get anywhere. That's a tall order, especially when factoring in that the government still holds the biggest military advantage that I think is almost impossible to steal. Information is arguably the greatest tool in warfare, and one that I think the government has a distinct advantage in from the word go. Setting up information networks would probably take even more time than proficiently training soldiers, and even when done, they would pale in comparison to the power of things like satellite imaging.