Those Middle Eastern mountain peasants had a resolve Americans no longer possess. Americans have never known hardship. Those Middle Eastern peasants, to borrow the phrase, were born into it. I like your sentiment, but I only have faith in God. Talk is cheap. I’ll believe the “come and take it” bumper sticker crowd when I see it.
I agree this is true of most Americans, including most Americans in rural areas. But, there is always a remnant left of God's people. I believe it will be in the mountainous regions of the USA, from the Rockies to Appalachians, to Ozarks and everywhere in between. Mountains are harder to attack and easier to defend. The tough, determined remnant will be able to move and concentrate in specific locations.
Only God knows the outcome of course, and there will be many wars before the end comes. But my personal opinion is America is the great city which spiritually is known as Sodom and Gomorrah, the Great Babylon, the whore that sits upon many waters, corrupted the earth, and made the merchants of the earth rich by her many fornications. I think Babylon represents actual historical Babylon of course, Rome too, the British Empire, really every great, modern empire that all became degenerate and were judged by God and destroyed, or greatly reduced. When I read in the Apocalypse about how Babylon will be split into three parts, and the Lord will destroy two and preserve one, I personally am convinced that refers to America of the modern day.
At some point the armies of the beast and Satan will be allowed to make war on the saints and prevail over them. It's already happened many times since Christ first came, and surely will again. But, I don't think that is going to happen this time.
In the near future, I think the gay armies of soy-eating, gender-confused, God-hating she-men are going to be destroyed, and the brown world + Russia will get its temporary revenge on the elites who currently rule the former European colonial powers that colonized the brown lands (Africa, Asia, South America) in the 1400s-1800s. Part of that will be, the invading armies will stop when they encounter tough resistance in the mountainous areas. But the gay, weak, female coastlands will be completely destroyed. No nation can survive without men, and there are many nations in the world (mostly brown) who do not have this problem, of punishing and hating masculinity, then ending up with incompetent female and gay leadership. Think of the Islamic nations, all of the Hispanic nations, India, China, and Russia. These nations have strong family values, intact tradition, and strong men. The women generally respect the men, and male leadership in general.
There is a reason banners across the Islamic world now proudly proclaim "The Armies of God Have Defeated The Great Satan". I think we will see a lot more of that, and closer to home. Just like when Rome fell, it didn't take more than a few brief forays into Roman territory for the Gothic armies to realize Rome could be easily sacked, which it then was.
My personal prediction. If my thinking is naive, please point it out. I certainly don't know everything, but I do my best to read the writing on the wall, and act on what I see.