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Texas independence vote is imminent, group's leader says
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Good luck with that. Yes, one of the major ports in the US is there, lots of military, oil and gas, etc. However, leaving the US, particularly with the local gov having a hard-on for dictatorial bullshit, would basically immediately prove a danger to the US as it could threaten security by (a) having all the left-over military assets but also (b) they could theoretically invite Russia or someone to build a base in Texas and the US will be having none of that. Succession almost certainly means war almost immediately.
I doubt the DoD would just let those assets remain in Texas if the state chooses to secede. They'd likely take it all back, and position it strategically to protect against a now hostile foreign nation.
... at least, that's what I'm hoping for as a piece of "military property".
Please, JFC, don't leave us here!
They'd probably just air drop in, arrest Abbot and the rest of the central government, and declare martial law in Austin. With luck, they'd lock them up and put an appointed governor in his place. There's very little precedent here, so some kind of antebellum south repetition would be likely.
tl;dr, the feds would go full anti terrorist on the idiots in charge of the state.
I love this potential future as well. Texas is saved and Abbott and Friends end up rotting in prison where they belong.
I'd be here for it
The US military would definitely repossess any of their property by force. Anyone who is fighting back is engaging in treason and can receive the death penalty either on the spot or after they are captured. Any resistance is basically a declaration of war. They can never secede peacefully.
Also like you said, all that millitary, oil, and gas
They would be overrun in a day.