with the same fervor and vehemence as they've always fought us.

They don't care about you. You aren't even on their radar.

But if you want to actually win, you'd better get some machine guns of your own.

Win.. what? Machine guns are great for taking territory. You have not suffered a loss of territory. So.. what do you hope to "win" here?

The people who are doing this to do are doing it with money. You need a billion dollars of your own if you want to fight them on their own terms. Why you'd make that tactical blunder is beyond me, but that's what it would take.

Winners don't handcuff their own hands behind their backs

Psychopaths don't adhere to boundaries. Normal people care about the conditions of their victory and are generally unwilling to settle for a phyrric one.

There are people who want you to, though. They hope you get frustrated, act out, and burn your own house down. It will make it that much easier to replace you.

This isn't a cosmic war of good and evil. Stop processing it in those terms.