> potential future US conflict

I'm not sure if "future" is a good word for the widespread civil unrest, nascent insurgencies, and very normal soft-target gun battles that happen weekly here, but our "US conflict" looks like street-to-street fighting, within our own borders, with people who are already here.

"The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote." -- Ambassador Kosh, Babylon 5