The taliban were (effectively) a national government before 2003. Before that, they were part of a civil war to become the national government. They're hardly a couple of unorganized gun enthusiasts.

So? They don't have an air force, tanks, radar installations, anything really besides guns, rpgs, and improvised explosive devices.

It's at least as naive to believe that our government will always be benevolent as it is to believe that the armed civilians of the USA could rebel against the military. I would argue that the second is much more plausible.

Do you see becoming guerilla fighters barely eking out an existence to be a desirable outcome?

Revolutions don't work. America just romanticises one that gave them an illusion of freedom for a time.

How do you define 'work'? Iran, Cuba, Russia, France, etc...