Iowa should secede from the United States of America

Okay, the Civil War had started because the government was trying to control the states on the issue of slavery. The states wanted to force their issue on the government or else they would leave and create their own government, ridding themselves of the problems from before, EXACTLY what you are tying to do right now. This action would start a civil war. On the landlocked argument, there is only one country in the entire world that is landlocked entirely by a single country, the Vatican, and who would seriously attack a nation completely consumed by a religion, especially since they don't even have a true military. And Italy would help them if there was an attack on the Vatican, the United States wouldn't help you since they are the attackers in the civil war. Iowa is able to produce many different goods because of the interstate trade and dependability on others. If this were to be cut off, Iowa would run out of just about everything, just as what happened in the Civil War. Since the South had fewer industrial products, they were unable to keep up with the amount of guns and clothing needed since most of that came from the North before the war. In the end, lives would be lost just before Iowa would be to rejoin the Union. As for the permanent five argument, the UK has been our longest standing ally in the world and would dare not betray us. If France were to engage in another war, who would they turn to? They would turn to us because we've bailed them out before and would do so again. Besides, they have so few allies in this world, they would dare not betray us. I agree completely with Russia, they would stick with us because of principle. As far as China goes, they would only take your side if you were to successfully beat the US in the civil war, which is highly unlikely. They would not waste their money and troops against the US unless they was a good likely hood that you were to beat the US, but one state against the greatest world power is not what I like to call good odds. And even if they were to join you, it would just be a mistake again. France and England had helped the Confederacy in one way or another, but did that help, no because even in the mid 1850's, the United States was still considered one of the greatest world powers. And, although we haven't been making friends recently, if Iowa were to secede and a civil war would be to break out, it would only hurt our ability to make friends with other nations, and that would be yet another problem for Iowa to have, but this time it would be your fault. Therefore, if some of the world powers cannot compete with America, it wouldn't really matter if the smaller countries were to be allies or not, thus allies wouldn't really matter in your case. You mentioned before that you had problems with the federal government, and if you were to run away, then yes, you would be running away from your problems. The Articles of Confederation were considered to be ineffective because if they were to have remained in place for ten more years, the nation would've fallen. And if Iowa were to secede, I highly doubt that they would have five years, let alone ten years to come up with a new Constitution to support them. And moving on, the American Revolution had a high probability of success, and thus we received aid from France. The Confederacy, however, didn't have a very effective government, thus leading to their downfall. Furthermore, since the great political master minds that founded this nation weren't alive during the Civil War, as they are obviously no longer here either, that is why no form of government can outlast another "Revolutionary War. " (If that is the point you are trying to make with Iowa fighting tyranny) Divorce comes from people who got married before they were ready or before they truly knew what they were getting into. From this, they leave because they are not up to responsibility of marriage. Are you saying that Iowa is not dedicated enough to a country that had at least attempted to fit to their needs, whether that is the case or not. Marriage is a sacred thing that should be respected and Iowa should not break this metaphoric marriage. Whether political science is where I'm going or not, I'm still standing for change against the corruption that has taken over our great nation rather than running away from it. I know the only way for change is to try. As for the insulting argument, do you really allow name calling to offend you? Ignorance does amuse me, but what about the rest of the people? Do you see every Californian saying that Iowan/South Dakotans as dumb hicks that can only ride bulls and chop firewood? I don't think so. There are good people in this nation that we should help. I'm not sure about you, but I'm a fairly religious man. People mocked and ridiculed Jesus before they crucified him. Now, I hope nothing like that happens to me, but should I just reverse my path due to a few words? He gave up his life for our salvation, so why can't you and I devote our lives to righting the wrongs that we have before us? Besides, haven't you ever heard that you should treat people the way you wish to be treated yourself. If you were a corrupt person, would you presently say, leave him corrupt, he deserves it. I highly doubt it. I bet you would say something along the lines of, I've been mislead, can you help me? You haven't convinced me one iota that it would be beneficent for Iowa to secede. As I've proven, a Civil war would come from this act and that it would ultimately end up in the same manner as it presently is, Iowa will remain in the Union. It would be pointless for Iowa to secede, but it would make some change if we were to stand up against our problems such as corruption.