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To: Leaning Right
Spain

Would be a peaceful partition, with Catalonia breaking away. Big deal! No substantial international impact.

North Korea

Might implode, but even then, foreign powers would be loath to intercede and attempt to deal with the remnants.

Belgium

Again, would be a peaceful partition with no international impact.

China

Not likely. Even if it came to armed conflicts, I'm betting that the forces holding the country together would prevail.

Iraq

Is it still a country now?

Libya

Don't know.

ISIS

If one recognizes ISIS as being a sovereign state (which I wouldn't), then one should also talk about Transnistria, Abkhasia, South Ossetia, Somaliland, etc.

the UK

Like Spain and Belgium.

the USA

No.

the Maldives

Who cares?

Further countries that deserve to be on this list: the Russian Federation, South Sudan, Syria, etc.

Regards,

25 posted on 01/01/2016 2:35:09 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: alexander_busek
Interesting analysis yours. And the one I most agree with is your NO on the USA. I can't imagine any President - even a Reaganesque one - allowing a state to just leave the Union. No President wants to be another Buchanan.

A state could leave the Union if a new Constitutional amendment allowed for it. But DC would pull out all stops to prevent such an amendment from being ratified. Bribes, threats, whatever it would take.

And no, no state is just gonna leave via armed insurrection. South Carolina found that out back in 1865.

27 posted on 01/01/2016 2:50:29 AM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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