2024-01-28T15:49:07+00:00
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/ The demands of the US state of Texas to secede from the United States have become a real threat to internal security, as fears of a civil war are creeping in after this proposal was supported by 25 governors of other states.
Over the past two days, Texas’ demands for secession have gained wide coverage in the media and among political and popular circles in the United States.
Texas Beginnings
Going back to the very beginnings, Texas was part of Mexico before declaring its independence in 1836, becoming the Republic of Texas, i.e. an independent country.
Texas then joined the United States in 1845, but seceded in 1861 to join the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Texas was readmitted to the Union in 1870, but continued to maintain its distinct Texan identity.
Some Texans are calling for secession from the United States for political, economic, and cultural reasons.
It should be noted that the US Constitution does not prohibit secession, but it considers it illegal based on a Supreme Court decision in 1869.
Secession faces significant practical challenges, such as gaining international recognition and establishing an independent financial and defense system.
The Texas Republican Party has called for a referendum on secession in 2023, but has not received enough support from the legislature.
Texas is experiencing tension with President Joe Biden over his policy on illegal immigration, and refuses to remove the barriers it built on the border with Mexico.
Civil war fears
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of current Russian President Vladimir Putin, made a comment on Friday, January 26, about the possibility of Texas starting a new civil war in the United States.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been embroiled in multiple legal battles with the Justice Department over his deterrent tactics against migrants. As the U.S. faces a surge in illegal border crossings, Abbott has tried to push back migrants, using barbed wire along parts of the southern border and a floating circular barrier in the Rio Grande. The Biden administration has called the tactics “dangerous and cruel.”
The Supreme Court on Monday sided with the Biden administration in a 5-4 ruling, allowing U.S. Border Patrol agents to temporarily remove the razor wire that Texas officials had put up under Abbott’s orders while litigation over the case continued.
The ruling still allows Texas to put more wire along the border, but empowers the federal government to remove it when it deems necessary.
In response, Abbott issued a statement on Wednesday announcing his intention to defy the court order, citing the state’s “right to self-defense” against migrants crossing the border.
Shortly thereafter, Republican governors from 25 other states signed a letter expressing their support for Texas against the court’s ruling, raising renewed fears among many of a new American civil war.
Several conservative media figures, including the likes of Terrence Williams, Carmine Sabia, and Graham Allen, have also suggested that a civil war could happen soon, but they have placed the blame on President Joe Biden.
Medvedev’s ‘dangerous’ statement
Medvedev, who is currently deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, issued a lengthy statement on the X website on Friday, saying, “There are known cases in history when some states tried to secede from the Union and form a confederation. The end result was a bloody civil war that cost thousands and thousands of lives. In both cases, America could face an insoluble constitutional crisis and fall for a long time into the abyss of a new, and perhaps even more destructive, civil confrontation. The world, holding its breath, will stare at the American chaos with fear. Well, that’s their problem anyway.”
However, the US State Department, in a statement issued on Saturday, the day after Medvedev’s statement, denied the seriousness of Medvedev’s various statements.
“We do not take Medvedev seriously. This is the usual Kremlin nonsense,” a ministry spokesman wrote.
Russia on the line
The idea of a civil war in the United States was floated by Russian officials late last month. During an appearance on state-run television, Sergei Markov, a pro-Putin political scientist and former adviser to the Russian president, said such a development would be beneficial to Russia and would end the conflict in Ukraine in its favor in “one week.”
“We know that if something really starts in America, the civil war in Ukraine will stop in a week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny will race all the way here and go to mediators and say: let’s put an end to all this immediately,” he added.
Source: Media