The Blue Board

Have you served? I don't get it? It's basically a contract, a term, like a ball player. When a serviceman's enlistment is up, he/she is a free agent. Where are they going? I don't even care if they are native Texans. They are going to the best option for themselves and family, like I would, and that's Texas

Lol, the same way you lost the first time, will happen again. Plus with the demographic shift, it would only accelerate the decline of the white majority population, as it would be almost certain that those of color would not choose to secede. Added with the fact that, no outside country would support the south, maybe China, but then again, what good would that do to your cause :D.

Approximately 40% of the soldiers are from the south. Im fairly certain the majority of military bases(along woth WOMD) are located in the southern region. It would be totally devastating to the north

civil discussion out the window(as expected)

This isn't a North vs South issue. It's one state, whose constitution allows for a vote to secede. In my opinion(not a Texan) they would be more powerful than the US in short order, very short order.

One of the places to launch nukes is in Nebraska. We will destroy the south before you guys even get your guns loaded.

Based on your political stances I find it safe to assume to you're strongly against exerting military force on foreign soil, why do you seem so certain and in support of it on domestic soil?

By recent polling so you mean because all the southern states voted for Romney? That doesn't really equate to the entire south being willing to unite against the north.

You damn retards, not a South vs North issue, not even a right vs left issue.

Texas can(and should) become sovereign

Indeed, but that is one indicator of the solid south that has never died out.

we haven't seceeded because the NCAA wouldn't allow other schools to play us in football as an independent nation.

This is why Texas would lose an armed insurrection:

The entire state of Texas has about 25 million people, and we're going to assume now that every single one supports secession. Assuming Texas is in line with national averages, of those 25 million, approximately 24% are minors (~6.25 million), and 13.5% are seniors (over 65)(~3.3 million). We're now left with 15.5 million adults between the ages of 18-64.

Of those, we can assume around a third are obese. Given that the US military is composed of professional soldiers, it seems safe to write off a further 5 million adults as incapable of keeping up with the physical rigors of fighting a war. We're left with 10.5 million men and women. Of these, I think it'd be safe to say that at least a quarter wouldn't support secession. You're down to around 8 million.

Of those 8 million, we can assume that a further quarter of this group is physically incapable of waging warfare due to age, sickness, physical stature, psychological makeup, or what have you. You're now left with a mere 6 million men and women in the entire state capable of waging war.

Meanwhile, the US has approximately 3 million active and reservist armed forces available, and an additional 114 million non-Texan men and women between the ages of 18-49 fit for military service. Even assuming that all Texas-born soldiers on active and reservist duty repatriate and fight for Texas, that only accounts for around 1/12 of the active military personnel (based on Texas' percentage of the US population).

So, before we even count weapons, Texas is looking at a disadvantage of only 250,000 soldiers to the U.S.' 2,750,000, and 6 million citizen-soldiers to the U.S.' 114 million. And this isn't even getting into the tactical advantage the US will have with the Navy, Air Force, and the vast majority of the U.S. arsenal kept outside Texas.

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