What exactly is a self-declared "autonomous" zone, such as the one in Seattle? Could the case be made that it is a type of illegal secession?
America does have a track record of secession. The first war of secession brought a military response from George III's government. But since the secessionists won the war, its memory is covered in glory.
The second war, instigated by New Englanders at the time of 1812, never quite reached critical mass. So it stayed non-violent.
The third secession crisis occurred in the American South in 1861. We all know Father Abraham's trick of resupplying federal property at Fort Sumter in order to goad the Confederate hotheads into firing the first shot. The final result was the destruction of the secessionist's society.
Could history repeat itself? What if there is some federal property -- even an office building -- either in CHAZ or in an imitator somewhere in the archipelago of urban hellholes across the American landscape. Couldn't the president send in federal troops to "relieve" the federal facility, and hope that the protestors fire the first shot? And then follow Father Abraham's playbook?
America does have a track record of secession. The first war of secession brought a military response from George III's government. But since the secessionists won the war, its memory is covered in glory.
The second war, instigated by New Englanders at the time of 1812, never quite reached critical mass. So it stayed non-violent.
The third secession crisis occurred in the American South in 1861. We all know Father Abraham's trick of resupplying federal property at Fort Sumter in order to goad the Confederate hotheads into firing the first shot. The final result was the destruction of the secessionist's society.
Could history repeat itself? What if there is some federal property -- even an office building -- either in CHAZ or in an imitator somewhere in the archipelago of urban hellholes across the American landscape. Couldn't the president send in federal troops to "relieve" the federal facility, and hope that the protestors fire the first shot? And then follow Father Abraham's playbook?
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Ed
That war could just as well be called the first Civil War in the United States. There were as many Loyalist/Tory troops fighting the Rebels/Patriots as there were British troops not counting the Hessians hired by George III.
The southern states had a majority of Loyalist so there may be a case made that the Second Civil War was a continuation of the first.
Suggested read; Oliver Wiswell, Kenneth Lewis Roberts.
If CHAZ is a type of secession, then why shouldn't the response be a modern "Ft. Sumter." Wouldn't that be fair and balanced?