The Devil’s Advocate
As I have said many times, America is in danger of becoming an empire. But I don’t think that each state on its own (or even regional groupings of states) would have imperial ambitions or an interest in perpetual war and foreign occupation (thus removing the need for a standing army and the great expansion of central power that occurs each time the Federal Government wages war, since war is the health of the state).
For the sake of argument, would individual states (or regional groupings of states) have the power or fortitude to defend against a large threat?