• DucktorZee@lemmy.world
    90·
    10 months ago

    Wouldn’t it be great if the US started relocating it’s military bases to other states? I’m sure NM, MI or CA would be happy to have them.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
      117·
      10 months ago

      That’s already happening, because the draconian antitrans and anti-abortion laws are impacting readiness in those states and driving down recruitment.

    • theotherone@kbin.social
      55·
      10 months ago

      Oh you mean the 42 town-sized forward operating bases inside the treasonous province? They will come in very handy in the 72 hours it takes to resecure that territory.

      • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
        24·
        10 months ago

        I always wondered how quick that would go down.

        72 hours seems quick, but I guess they wouldn’t really encounter actual resistance.

      • dlpkl@lemmy.world
        61·
        10 months ago

        Do people really think that the servicemen in the military would willingly attack Texans? I have a huge suspicion that they’d revolt within the armed forces.

        • wanderingmagus@lemmy.world
          14·
          10 months ago

          As someone currently serving active duty, yes - depending on the command climate and the servicemember. Especially if the targets are labeled as insurgents and a VEO threat with credible evidence. Now, bombing noncombatant civilians is a different story, but as far as conducting surgical strikes on domestic terrorists, no hesitation.

      • 4am
        29·
        10 months ago

        If it’s anything like the rest, they just leave toxic fuel spills to slowly seep into all the aquifers

        • PugJesus@kbin.socialOP
          31·
          10 months ago

          Perfect. Texas loves not having environmental regulations, so there shouldn’t be any issue!

          • kautau@lemmy.world
            25·
            10 months ago

            lol their power grid is already so fucked that key strikes against it would leave them wondering if it was part of the combat or if it had just failed of its own accord

            • Gerudo
              12·
              10 months ago

              As I Texan, I both laughed and cried at how true this is.

    • TurtlePower
      2·
      10 months ago

      Michigan is anti-trans, so no. I don’t know about NM.

  • EtherWhack@lemmy.world
    51·
    10 months ago

    I imagine if the US wanted to, they could embargo it, and most if not all other nations would just see it as a parent putting a 6yo to the corner; not their job.

  • Pratai@lemmy.ca
    36·
    10 months ago

    This was my thought too!

    Let them secede, then just go to war with them and claim the territory and depose the racist shitheads.

    • CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      I think plenty of little desert countries have recently proved that the biggest military in the world might have some issues dealing with insurgencies.

      • cheesepotatoes@lemmy.world
        5·
        10 months ago

        True. Imagine how much more successful a Texan insurgency force would be compared to the middle east. Their armored division would be formidable, the thunderous roar of hundreds of mobility scooters.

  • Good_morning@lemmynsfw.com
    51·
    10 months ago

    We aren’t seceding, we promise. Sure it’s interesting as a thought experiment. Texas has lots of things similar to developed nations, some of which many other states don’t like international airport, excessive land, military bases (not sure on the comparison here), several industries including a huge chunk of the petroleum industry.

    I think it’s silly to pretend it would happen though, are we unhappy with the federal government? Sure, who is honestly pleased with how things have been trending lately, or even the past couple decades? But we have issues with our local government too, so it’s not like it would be all sunshine and sweet tea if we didn’t have the rest of the U. S.

      • hydrospanner@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 months ago

        Exactly

        If anything that’s an immediate foothold and for Texas, a serious defensive liability, not an asset in any way.

        Not that anything will ever come of this, but if Texas were to violently secede, it’s highly likely that the US could put down the secession, occupy and assume control of the territory, and manage the forced reunification of same…

        …all using only the US military forces already within the borders of Texas.

        Again, not that it’s actually going to happen, but in a just world, we’d let them do it, then occupy the “rogue state” and re-annex them, but as a territory.

        Basically nothing changes for the citizenry except they lose the impact of the vote. Texas now gets one non-voting member in each chamber of the legislature, and send no electors to Washington for presidential elections.

        They should also lose the ability to govern themselves at the state level and instead, affairs within the territory are managed by a joint panel of provisional military government working together with state department officials and UN observers.

        While they’re at it, let the US seize and nationalize all corporations, which now roll all profit back into reimbursing the American taxpayers for their trouble and expense of dealing with this Texan nonsense.