I'd agree with that except america has no real parallel with any other historical example because uniquely citizens outgun the military by a huge factor. If it came to war, soldiers would be occupiers among hostile and armed combatants, dependant utterly on the largess of enemies for basic food, fuel, housing, and so on. When has that ever worked out well for soldiers? A huge monolith of a supply chain is needed to keep all the fancy tanks and planes operational, and its subject to disruption so easily once the will to disrupt is there.

Its an academic point at the moment since they are on the side of POTUS and the american people, but the 2nd amendment looms large & is quite capable of being invoked as intended by the founders if & when needed.