I disagree because you are imagining two views that are unnecessarily restrictive in scope.
First; you are imagining that the government will use WMDs against a civilian population in order to fight a resistance movement. How popular would the government be if it wiped out whole neighborhoods in an attempt to kill two or three resistance fighters who might be living there?
Secondly; you put forth the premise that resistance to a tyrannical government would mean fielding troops in direct opposition to government troops, and defeating same, in order to defeat the government's wayward ways.
Government troops act on the demands of a few politicians. Just a few cups of "Socrates Tea" delivered to a few of those pols funding and directing the troops would radically alter their will to oppress and there are many ways to deliver the "Tea."
By the time a government is ready to wipe out neighborhoods in order to get to resistance fighters the government doesn't CARE how popular it is. It rules by might, not by right, or by popularity.
What about when it is no longer a "resistance" movement but a popular uprising against despotic rule? Do you really imagine that she who's name must not be mentioned would stick at loosing the troops on the public JUST because they didn't have access to the same type of weaponry?
Secondly; you put forth the premise that resistance to a tyrannical government would mean fielding troops in direct opposition to government troops, and defeating same, in order to defeat the government's wayward ways.
No, I put forth that to OVERTHROW a tyrannical government you will field troops directly opposed to government controlled troops, at some point.
Government troops act on the demands of a few politicians. Just a few cups of "Socrates Tea" delivered to a few of those pols funding and directing the troops would radically alter their will to oppress and there are many ways to deliver the "Tea."
Once a government reaches this point there are many, MANY willing to step into that pols shoes with the thought, "I'll take precautions. They won't be able to do that to me."
Once a government is willing to field military troops against it's own citizens, the citizens need weaponry of the same type to overthrow that government.
Resistance is all fine and good but it takes an uprising, or a coup, to change that government.