Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25330335-20150925013231/@comment-26119768-20151004220944

Actually, it would be easy enough to subdue the civilians, provided the military went along with the plan. Personally, I would secure the military bases first, a few helicopter patrols and machine gun posts a the main entrances should suffice, drop EMP bombs on major cities such as New York or Los Angeles to disable communications between people, and then move into those major cities with a show of force to frighten the  crowds into submission. If you could stop phone communications across the country too, that would help. This would all be coordinated to happen simultaneously, to prevent anyone outside the the areas of attack from being forewarned, and of course, organized into a militia. After this, you alert any unsubdued part of the country of your takeover, and inform them that resistance will be met with deadly force. You may have to bomb a few towns or cities, but eventually, after a few years, you would completely subdue the country.