[muawiyah]

You can’t even begin to protect all the dependents ~

[William Tell]

muawiyah said: "That is what the Federales would be using against us. I don’t see much prospect for winning."

The "enemy" will not be the U.S. military. It will be the U.S. government. Perhaps substantial parts of the military will side with the government. Unless the military can assign protective units for every government official, bureaucrat, and activity, there will be plenty of targets for the people where they won't be facing armed helicopters.