There is no "IF" in the equation, and further the opposition will decide what type "IT" is to be.
Okay, I’ve been following this thread for a bit this morning (and others like it recently) and am inclined to posit some “hypotheticals” in light of what we see around us:
Were loyal Americans so-inclined to form a militia (as indicated by the 2nd Amendment) there would need to be serious coordination. Without a strategy in place, the “loyal opposition” being suggested here would be at a serious disadvantage against whatever government forces might be quickly deployed. Such a force would quickly overwhelm any small local militia. They would topple these groups, going from neighborhood to neighborhood/town by town like so many dominoes. In short, a rag-tag revolutionary force of loosely connected groups would be defeated before it even gets off the ground. Stray troops in the woods could live a “hit and run” lifestyle for a while, go “wolverine” for a time, but, in the end, would be tracked down and lose. If loyal Americans were inclined to actually strive to wrest the country back from the usurpers, then an organized, tactical, coordinated force is required.
To start, a means of communication is needed so that when “critical mass” is reached, loyal Americans can know how to “beat their plowshares back into swords”, can know how to connect with other like-minded individuals, etc. Of course, this will be monitored by the government (as, I’m sure, threads such as these are), so overcoming government eavesdropping poses the greatest challenge here.
I would say, recruiting is a high priority. How will those so inclined know how/when/where to assemble? How will preventing these efforts from being undermined by nefarious government intervention be accomplished? This is no small challenge. One must assume that if America is at such a brink, then there are those in the government who are thinking about disrupting the very things being spoken of here. Where will the loyal militia come from? Are they on my block? On yours? How do these groups connect? How do they connect with others in our towns? What about recruiting? Are loyal Americans-so-inclined to hold living room coffees to sound out their neighbors? Once these neighborhood/town groups are “assembled,” how do they link up with other regional groups to form into legitimate units of resistance? What about other recruiting? Think: recruiting from the forces that the enemy would be using against such an endeavor (military, police, gov’t. agencies). It can probably be assumed that there are members of these units who are amenable to this cause. How do Americans-so-inclined identify and coordinate with such loyalists?
Leadership is essential. The colonists had Washington and others who stoked the morale of their troops through some very lean times. What we are talking about here in 2013 is an America that none of us have ever seen before. Some of this “band of brothers” will have military service behind them, experiences in outdoor survival, police experience, scouting, etc. Some (many?) will be hunters. Some will have seldom used a firearm. Ages will vary. Some will be more willing than able. Degree of comfort in lifestyles will vary. In other words, those coming from various backgrounds, willing to risk their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honors, will form up for this noble cause. Each body, each man/woman in the field will be needed—everything will be on the line at this point. Leaders will be needed to organize, orchestrate, deploy, fire up, reduce dissension/disruption in the ranks. Such a group will have to function as one—discipline, order, control will be at a premium. Again, should loyal Americans be so inclined, they will assemble into something that they have never been before—freedom fighters. This will be a fight for everything. For life, for liberty, for property.
Materiel will be needed. Guns, ammo, provisions, weather gear, boots/socks, packs, night-vision, maps, compasses, walkie-talkie, etc. Sounds simplistic/silly to write. I’ve no military background (my experience is this: I’ve done some camping, fired a gun—can only imagine all the rest). But an American so-inclined would have to give serious consideration to survival in the field, gunfights in the streets/woodlands. Supplying, re-supplying a militia in the field is a consideration.
Allies. There are “Americans” around the world. Not nationalized citizens, but Americans by spirit. These are the would-be allies of so-inclined American militia that may be needed/may be willing to join such a struggle.
I write as one who follows these threads, aware, as others, of a certain rumbling off in the distance. I write as one who hesitates to believe that this is at all possible this year, yet aware that the air is swirling with rapid change. Where before, you, dear reader, would never have thought such a thing possible 10-20 years ago, you are now imagining such a scenario today. We use to shake our head with incredulity, now we hang our heads pensively wondering, “When will this all come to a head?” And your government knows you are thinking such things, imagining such a scenario. Gun-grab legislation is being tabled rapidly in the national conversation. Rampant government excess is the norm…our leaders are arrogantly propelling us toward socialism (with communism following closely on its heels). Those who might be loyal are shouted down and silenced by a propaganda machine that has succeeded in owning the message. Our citizens have been blinded, numbed, duped, lulled to sleep while there is a storm brewing in the distance. Americans who love liberty and freedom are aware that, as Yeats said,
“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
Loyal Americans who love this country and see it for what it is, and for what it has become, suffer in our souls over what is happening to Her . We know America is, “the world’s last best hope”, and find something stirring within us that says, “these things must not be.” And, to that end, Americans so-inclined must look at applying Constitutional principles (contained in the Second Amendment) in light of real-world logistical realities in order to preserve, protect, and defend that very Constitution.