[Chickensoup]

But would the armed forces fire on Americans simply wishing to secede, and do so on behalf of the corrupt socialist scum who stabbed them in the back in Vietnam and Iraq?

There was a little war about 150 years ago that proves that our military will fight against our citizens if the purpose is framed correctly.

[pierrem15]

I just think it will be real hard for the Feds to "frame it" correctly: with no pretence that is about liberty (freeing the slaves) it will appear as what it is, outright tyranny.

Plus the majority of officers and men come from the areas most likely to secede or most likely symapthetic to those who wish to do so.