They’re should be another civil war IMO! A free republic can not exist with commies and dictators. I say bring it on and get it over with.
I would urge caution. My observations are that future battle fields will employ a new weapon called "drone swarm" for which our side is ill prepared, but theirs is not.
Imagine a few ounces of explosives on every one of those, and someone guiding it into people hiding behind obstacles.
How are you going to fight that?