[Tallguy]

I almost see a "Crossing the Rubicon" moment as Gen. Petraeus brings an armada across the Atlantic for a climactic showdown with Obama's Civilian Defense Force (principally made up of college students wearing t-shirts emblazoned with a marijuana leaf).

"Crossing the Rubicon" is one analogy. Another, more recent one, would be the return to Spain by Francisco Franco & his conservative Army from (Spanish) Morocco. (If you can get past the Facist baggage that Franco carried, he did save Spain from Communist-Anarchist violence.)

[Alberta's Child]

Good analogy. I guess we’d also have to get past the fact that Americans were volunteering on the wrong side in that one. LOL.

[GonzoGOP]

Crossing the Rubicon" is one analogy

It is the closest, because unlike the commies in Spain the indolent youth of the big blue cities don't have the will for protracted fighting. If it really came down the CWII then the big blue cities would be extremely vulnerable to siedge. Blow a few bridges, cut the rail lines and blow the arms off the container crains and you could starve out a major US city without ever moving into the neighborhoods where Obama's supporters live. Heck just cut the power lines from Arizona and Nevada and blow up the big aquaducts and LA would colapse before they could repair the damange.

Even the Taliban and AQ are better trained to live outside the comforts of the civilized world. Most have never encountered them in the first place. They don't need electricity, internet, or McDonalds. They will just butcher a goat and read the Quaran. Obama will have to build his force from people who's idea of "Real Life" comes from a Berkeley California classroom. Take away their double espresso with a shot and they will freak.