>That's how secessions/federal disintegrations generally work, just look at the USSR post-1991. Yeah, it might be, but think of it this way - if Texas said "we

>That's how secessions/federal disintegrations generally work, just look at the USSR post-1991. Yeah, it might be, but think of it this way - if Texas said "we're independent, and all the military installations and research facilities are now ours" I have a strong suspicion the US government might say "yeah, no, that's not happening". The likes of Lockheed Martin and other major AF/Army/Navy contractors have production and research facilities in the DFW area. Texas goes independent, that's a lot of stuff in those facilities that the USA wouldn't want an openly hostile neighbor to have.