Scenario 1: There is zero chance you "escort" the "agents" peacefully. So
Scenario 2: More likely than what you suggest, the agents refuse to cooperate, and Texas is forced to either fire on them or deal with them being there. Either way, many other governments around the world have problems with secessionist sentiments, and as such it's highly unlikely they'd side with secessionists over, you know, the world hegemon, the most powerful military in history. Order is restored swiftly, before Texans have a chance to organize anything, with the definite increased military presence in the state following a petition to secede and Texas faces Reconstruction 2: Illegal Immigrant Boogaloo.
Scenario 3: lol, Texas doesn't stand a chance
The most likely scenario, of course, is Scenario 4: Texas bitches and moans about having a blue president and talks about secession, like they always do, and never follow through with it, like they always do, until enough illegals are able to vote to make it a nice, loyal blue state.
A bunch of neanderthals with primitive rifles is still giving the US problems in Afghanistan.
How many federal troops would it take to occupy Texas enough that US people would feel comfortable walking down the street without getting shot? Or rather, just Dallas. How many troops to occupy Dallas so an FBI agent can conduct an investigation?
How much of our military are we actually committing? We could wipe them off the map entirely if we decided to give no fucks about it. The US isn't even mobilized for war, the war has basically zero impact at home.
Scenario 1: There is zero chance you "escort" the "agents" peacefully. So
Scenario 2: More likely than what you suggest, the agents refuse to cooperate, and Texas is forced to either fire on them or deal with them being there. Either way, many other governments around the world have problems with secessionist sentiments, and as such it's highly unlikely they'd side with secessionists over, you know, the world hegemon, the most powerful military in history. Order is restored swiftly, before Texans have a chance to organize anything, with the definite increased military presence in the state following a petition to secede and Texas faces Reconstruction 2: Illegal Immigrant Boogaloo.
Scenario 3: lol, Texas doesn't stand a chance
The most likely scenario, of course, is Scenario 4: Texas bitches and moans about having a blue president and talks about secession, like they always do, and never follow through with it, like they always do, until enough illegals are able to vote to make it a nice, loyal blue state.
Texas doesn't stand a chance?
A bunch of neanderthals with primitive rifles is still giving the US problems in Afghanistan.
How many federal troops would it take to occupy Texas enough that US people would feel comfortable walking down the street without getting shot? Or rather, just Dallas. How many troops to occupy Dallas so an FBI agent can conduct an investigation?
How much of our military are we actually committing? We could wipe them off the map entirely if we decided to give no fucks about it. The US isn't even mobilized for war, the war has basically zero impact at home.
That's why the military cannot do as much as you think it can.
They are limited by public sentiment.
We can't win Afghanistan because we're not willing to do what needs to be done. Afghanis know this.
Forever wars where quarter-million-dollar humvees get blown up by $10 IEDs are more profitable.