Mr. Maloney:...A reasonable analog to examine is the war between Slovenia and the Yugoslav Federal Army, the Croats against the Yugoslav Federal Army.
Those conflicts were fought by light infantry - citizen soldiers, against the mostly Serb central govt. They were sucessful, although at significant cost.
Light infantry, which is what "citizen-soldiers" are, can be successful on the modern battlefield if they are motivated - and defending your home is an excellent motivator.
Indeed the Slovenians and Croats fought against the Serbs, as they have from time immemorial, in the impossibe ethnic brew that has been called "the powderkeg of Europe." Claiming that an ethnic war based on ancient hatreds is an 'analog' to US gun owners fighting a US government is simply nonsense.
