This scenario already played out during the Arab Spring in 7 nations.
"I think that we're going to see acts of sabotage, assassinations, detonation of bombs, starting wildfires," Chang argued. "And the Biden administration is paying no attention to this at all."
Shiiit... they already own those cities and won't be wasting resources there. They will be attacking the infrastructure and staging mass shooting events to freeze the economy and send people into a state of panic.