Alaska should become an independent nation.

American won't allow Alaska to leave. Because Alaska has natural resources like oil, and a strong tourist economy, and America won't give that up without a fight. Alaska would be easily crushed, New York city has more people than all of Alaska combined.Even though Alaska has a military presence, the men there are loyal to the United States, not Alaska, they are just stationed there. "My opponent asserts that the last time America states made an effort to separate from the Union, violence and bloodshed was the result. While the Civil War was, indeed, rife with violence, not all countries form at the hands of war. For example, after many years of U.S. occupation (and a small revolutionary movement in the beginning that quickly died down), the Philippines were ultimately granted their independence by America.[1] While the Philippines were a colony and Alaska is currently a state, the point still stands that the Philippines did not have to go to war with America to attain their independence. While war seems the most obvious answer and the likelihood of America simply granted Alaska independence at the drop of a hat is small, there exist other ways of peacefully reaching independence. One of these may come in the form of presenting the United Nations with documents that, as I previously stated, prove Alaska's statehood invalid. Unlike other former colonies, we were never given the option of independence, a violation of the U.N. charter America signed during the FDR administration." As I said earlier, people who live in Alaska see themselves as Americans, if we handed the a survey whether they want to be part of America, the answer will be yes. Also if the U.N deemed arguments like these valid, Alaska would lose many things such as money to maintain there law enforcement and oil derricks, and they would be stripped of the U.S coast guard. This would force taxes to rise in Alaska to raise money that they need to run everything, this could be extremely dangerous as people will start to either leave or riot. This would lead to another problem for Alaska, they would start to lose tourists as Alaska is deemed unsafe. Also Alaska wouldn't stand much of a chance in oil sales against places like the middle east. An additional reason is that many people would lose their insentive to live in Alaska. The U.S government pays people about a thousand dollars per year just to live there, without this money,many people would pack thier bags and head back to the lower 48 instead of sitting through snowstorms half the year. "Alaska may not be such easy pickings. As I said, there exists already a substantial military given the size, and a fledgling Alaska may be able to join the U.N. and establish diplomatic relations with other countries." As I said earlier, the troops are not Alaskan troops, the are American, loyal to the U.S government. If Alaska won a Civil War, the U.S would leave Alaska, so much more the Alaskan military. Also Russian would happily invade Alaska, like with what they are doing with Ukraine. There would be no military, and an abundance on natural resources. The main reason why no one has invaded Iceland is because it has a military. Alaska won't, and have one. Do you seen the U.N doing anything about the Russians invading Ukraine? "Alaska's cultural differences transcend those found in the other countries. It is not so much Hispanics assimilating with whites or other ethnic groups, but rather the fact that Alaskans are forced to function differently than other Americans. The way of life is entirely different. We're bundled up for six months of the year, and even in the summer, temperatures top out in the high sixties, maybe low seventies; instead of going to theme parks in our spare time, we are more used to hunting and hiking; we do not have huge cities--rather, most our towns are so tiny that you'll miss them if you blink at the wrong moment; we are still very much the Final Frontier, unlike most of America, where you can drive fifteen miles and find civilization." America is a huge melting pot. Many hiking and hunting enthusiasts moved to Alaska because they hike without seeing other people and there isn't as many places to hunt in the rest of the country and there sin't enough animals, but they still see themselves as Americans. They still act like Americans. Also my opponents is confusing geological differences with cultural ones. In California, the temperature is mild all year, but in Boston, the temperature goes into the extremes, yet people from both areas identify themselves are Americans. Some areas in the Sierras have towns with populations of fifty, and woodland all around them, but the people there still call themselves Americans. The reason why the Philippians were allowed to leave was because the government did not see and advantage in keeping it at the time. It was not a huge tourist destination like Puerto Rico, it didn't have oil like Alaska, and isn't a very strategic place to own unlike the Midway Atoll. The Philippines were far away from the U.S, and could not be governed easily. If Alaska did separate, the government could come out very different as it did with India. It is still a very corrupt place. Also do you see Alaskans complaining that they are part of America? The answer is no, Alaskans are happy to be part of one of the greatest nations in the world.