TexasBred said:
And with the same results.
Simplistic analysis. I would give the outcome to divine providence if such were to occur, whichever direction that would be.
It's not the same country it was.
The central government is broke beyond the point of recovery. Who is going to finance a failed US gov in a 2nd civil war? The rich EU? Maybe the restarted friendship with Russia?
What army will the US utilize to fight a 2nd civil war? The one composed mostly of red state troops? Are they going to fight against their homes? Highly doubt that.
What east coast trust fund babies are going to want to get into a real fight? Maybe you're thinking a bunch of hoodlums? They would probably spend more time trying to knock off convenient and electronic stores than actually fight an armed enemy. Union thugs would want to know what was in it for them. If it required over a 30 hr work week and the fighting didn't have a 15 minute break every 2 hours, they'd be out.
The coastal liberals don't have the stomach for a civil war. They enjoy central oppression and organized robbery of the working middle class and central state producers, but they don't have the stomach to do the robbing/fighting themselves.
A person fighting for liberty is a formidable opponent.
The current "union" doesn't have the manufacturing capability it once had. Those manufactures have been relocated around the world.
How much military resources does the US military have now anyway? Seems that it's below our pre-WWII status. With all the conflicts in the middle east and need for a presence in northern europe and the south pacific, just how much is left over?
Wonder if any of the irritated nations around the world that have been upset with Obama/Hillary's nation building would kick in some assets to upset their apple cart?
Civil wars and wars of independence have been started and won with less.