Who is going to be humping gear?
This will be urban warfare which always favors the side that is defending. Which will be us when they come out of their cities.
To keep one man on the front line takes seven at least keeping things running. And it takes ten front line men to equal the damage one lone rebel can do.
And once you come out of the cities to try to take stuff from the suburbs even the people who might have been on your side politically will turn on you. Because you are taking their stuff as well.
And as for bringing in Chinese troops... hopefully they are not that stupid. Because while people may be reluctant to fire on their neighbors and fellow country men that reluctance vanishes when you bring in foreign troops. And it also would result in many people on their side deciding that this was not what they signed up for.
This are some of the reasons why you do not want to start a civil war. Even a little one.
They get out of hand very fast.
There’s a reason doesn’t recruit men over a certain age.
An slow target is an easy target.
Even “in the rear with the gear” folks need to be in good shape cuz of transportation of supplies.
Again, the opposing forces will be having the same issues but they will most likely get aid of anti American countries.
This is probably all moot because it all relied on an American people willing and able to fight for what they believe and frankly, the last few years has shown vs lack of it.
Their lives are still too cushy to risk losing it over an infringement of their rights as long as their Starbucks coffee is available.