Obama surrenders Arizona territory back to Mexico...

Arizona needs to secede and raise its own military and handle this.

[tater]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Reality check on the cost of raising an army...

GDP Arizona: ~200 billion $

GDP Ireland: ~267 billion $

GDP Iran: ~287 B$

So AZ is a little poor compared to piss-ant countries, but they only need to defend a ~300 mile border.

[GoldenRivet]

Well they dont need to raise an army sufficient to repel say... Russia.

They just need to beat out an influx of criminals.

and hell


Unlce sam aint gonna do it. clearly

[tater]

Apparently the AZ Guard (Army) is ~8000 troops. They could likely get more volunteers if they had a force that could not be deployed abroad.

It's pretty bad when Phoenix, population 5 million is second to Mexico City, population 25+ million in kidnapping.

Reality check on the cost of raising an army...

Reality check on the cost of raising an army and losing all federal funding and employment and becoming entirly reliant on local taxesplus having to negociate all new deals all on your lonesome with both the US and Mexico while vainly trying to make them reasonably beneficial to yourself.

They just need to beat out an influx of criminals.

Really? How?
You havn't thought at all have you Rivet, rather like the legislature didn't when they passed that unworkable immigration bill.