Will i do agree with you ,your post is a definite reality and one of many possibility's.
The one thing is we do know Texas was being prodded to do this by some of the more radical States .
And that She and Alaska were being offered some very powerful aid from abroad.
Election night after Obama won ,or stole , we who live on the Border of Texas saw some very angry people ready to do something.
CB radios were packed with people calling for a war or a Boycott .
The aid was the reason i knew she was not going to be ignored or attacked ,the State is just to valuable to do eiather with.
Texas is the Gateway to the heartland , operational Refinery's , Oil pipelines , Centers of commerce.
To destroy her is foolish unless you had to take her out in order to hamper your Enemy.
But the Aid had that covered and it simply wasn't going to happen without the gulf becomeing a blood bath.
People in Port Arther were sitting on the beach and said they had never seen so many fast moveing Ships out there than the did on the 4th ,and they couldn't tell whose they even were.