The Right of Revolution

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Sae, not all of America is flat land - though a good portion is, like you mentioned.

All one needs is a good portion of a place with a few resource provinces here and there, to have a powerful government.

All people need to do is retreat to mountains. Or swamps. Or thickly forested areas that they know well. Just because it's not the Amazon or a southeast Asian jungle doesn't mean they can't make it hard for an advancing enemy to get anywhere.

Correct. It's specifically the plains (and being massed in cities) that I consider untenable for defense come a civil war.

Not only that, but it doesn't matter what our technology is - try climate. Imagine some Texan boys being forced to fight in a Michigan winter, or vice versa.

This is true. Alaska is large enough to be its own country, by all means. And it's going to be a lot of 'fun' trying to invade it. More fun if you aren't used to being cold. The natives could well enough show you how to survive in alaska without a whole lot for shelter Unlike many states: we still have all of our natives.

Btw, I was born in Panama. My dad is a former Army ranger. I'm aware of the differences - he still has the machetes.

Good. Jungle would still be the safest option for defending from an invasion, of course Second best bet: mountain caves. Where you know the terrain... and they do not.

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So they are going to use that "killer military hardware" to take out their own infrastructure?

Absolutely. It will come at a cost, of course... but gaining full control could be well worth the while. Then it's on to annex canada and mexico

Yeah, she talks a big talk, but as she does it you realize that she hasn't been around very much.

And as you say things like this, it becomes plainly apparent you have never experienced an intragalactic scale war Or witnessed trillions of citizens die of death spores and bombs and mauler device and being invaded by a single bulrathi unit and losing an entire planet full of defenders to it.