That's what I keep saying to all the Secessionists on this board - it'd be infinitely easier for the individual states to just kick the sonsofbitches out of the Union. Barricade 'em inside the Beltway, and take a can of bug spray to anything that tries to slither back out.
A nice long siege. They let Terry Shiavo starve. Ya reap what you sow. The message will get sent.