[Boogieman]

“Secession is a STATES right and the federal government cannot allow it or disallow it.”

Well, it’s not much of a “state’s right” if exercising it is guaranteed to provoke war with the rest of the country, is it? Basically we are in a situation where your spouse says “sure, you can file for divorce, but if you do, I’ll kill you!”

[central_va]

if exercising it is guaranteed to provoke war with the rest of the country, is it?

But it is not guaranteed. Ok If Fla and Tx want to secede the why would the coasties fight that??? They would love that!!

[central_va]

Re: exercising it is guaranteed to provoke war with the rest of the country, is it?

Ukraine has a population of 40 million and the mighty "Red Army" redux is not able to crush it? So how will the US Army (500,000 + reserves ) going to suppress 150-200+ million potential separatists spread out over half a continent?