[IMR 4350]

Where do you get the idea all 300 million citizens would be opposed to a govt. crackdown especially if it was a selective crackdown on lefts political enemies?

[central_va]

Barring defections, there are not enough Federals, both military and para military to subdue one major US city let alone an entire state. Do you know how many troops a martial law situation requires? Study math and history.

For example, during WWII the occupation of Yugoslavia required 400,000 Wehrmacht troops. Little Yugoslavia....