[carlo3b]

How would Texas create valid deterrents and defend itself from foreign invasion including the U.S.?

Funny, you actually hit on the real problem if Texas was to become a separate country.. The invasion would be everyone trying to move there.. LOL

[PapaNew]

Right off the bat, Texas would need to welcome immigrants the way America did as evidenced by the words carved on the base of the Statue of Liberty. Maybe Texas could buy the statue from the U.S since they don't really believe in it anymore.

Until the early 1900's, America stood for people as an asset not a liability. In a free society, people ARE an asset and welcomed, as long as they are peaceful mind their own business. The socialists think of people as liabilities having to be paid for. Not so in a free society.