If part of the US broke away...would you go to war with them?

[Harpy Eagle]

Perhaps., but that doesn't give the federal government the right to station troops there.

Then Texas should close all those bases and kick out the 165,000 military members and their families. I am sure that would not hurt the economy of the state at all.

 

[bripat9643]

Texas would have no interest in rejoining Mexico and I doubt it would give everything back to the federal government. If the feds went to war with Texas they would feel like Putin invading Ukraine.

If Texas has to pay its share of the national debt and other government obligations, then it's entitled to keep its share of the military equipment and infrastructure it paid for.

 

[Esdraelon]

LOL.....I'd be damn glad to see some of them leave......A "Mr. Lincoln's War" does not appeal to me.

Unfortunately, the Left can't exist unless they have an enemy to assail. It's deep in their political DNA to want to control, subjugate others to their will.

 

[candycorn]

Gee whiz, another "I don't like Biden so I want to leave" thread.

Why do conservatives sound like 13 year old children?

 

[1srelluc]

Unfortunately, the Left can't exist unless they have an enemy to assail. It's deep in their political DNA to want to control, subjugate others to their will.

Yep, and the gop neocons are no better and it's scary because they have found common cause over Ukraine. I just hope that what ever pile of rocks they crawl under Putin has something big enough to crack that nut.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Then Texas should close all those bases and kick out the 165,000 military members and their families. I am sure that would not hurt the economy of the state at all.

Are you also proposing that Texas give up its nukes on a promise that a Democrat President would defend her?

 

[bripat9643]

Gee whiz, another "I don't like Biden so I want to leave" thread.

Why do conservatives sound like 13 year old children?

ROFL! You think conservatives sound like children? Dims had a 4 year long infantil hissy fit after Trump won. Just consider all the abusive knick names they invented for him. No one on this planet is as childish as a prog.

 

[Colin norris]

Evil Neo-Lib. ^^^

Not much there to make decisions with.

 

[rightwinger]

Ukraine was conquered by Catherine the Great. They are not Russians. The Hodomor killed millions of them.

Ukraine has been independent for 30 years and is willing to die to keep from belonging to Russia

Good enough for me

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Interesting...but that doesn't really answer the question.

If a group of states decided in free and fair elections to secede and form their own country...would you support war to bring them back?

Haven't we been through this before in 1860-1861? How did that work out?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Are you also proposing that Texas give up its nukes on a promise that a Democrat President would defend her?

Texas does not have nukes. The US government and the USAF have nukes.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Haven't we been through this before in 1860-1861? How did that work out?

Republicans won?

 

[Wyatt earp]

Texas does not have nukes. The US government and the USAF have nukes.

So Ukraine didn't have nukes when it gave them up on the promise by a Democrat they would defend them?

 

[g5000]

...to bring them back? Even if they elected their own government in free and fair election?

I've heard Democrats say for YEARS that they would. But since it is now politically detrimental to espouse that view...let's say the new country wants to join an alliance with China for protection. You still cool with that?

Ukraine was a part of Russia BEFORE it was the Soviet Union.

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Just think about it. I expect plenty of thoughtless responses..."If you think critically...the terrorists win!".

Let's see some thoughtful ones as well...

Texas and California used to be part of Mexico.

Don't be a special idiot.

I guess Putin has convinced you he's Peter the Great.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

In the Civil War...the United States considered the Confederate States their property.

And don't say "cuz slavery"...the Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the former Confederate States...slavery was still federally legal in the Union AFTER the end of the war.

Well, you are partially correct. The Emancipation freed slaves but only in the areas in rebellion.

"that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

That did a lot of good for slaves such as in Texas who did not know they had been freed until June 1865, hence "Juneteenth".

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Republicans won?

Did anyone stay seceded?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

So Ukraine didn't have nukes when it gave them up on the promise by a Democrat they would defend them?

That's an entirely different situation. The USSR no longer existed.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Are you also proposing that Texas give up its nukes on a promise that a Democrat President would defend her?

Texas does not have Nukes you dumb fuck

 

[Wyatt earp]

Texas does not have Nukes you dumb fuck

I researched it before I posted it moron

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I researched it before I posted it moron

Then show us the research that lead you to the conclusion that the State of Texas owns nukes.