It is, of course, true that Texas is wildly inflating its own importance with the paranoid fantasy that the other 49...
It is, of course, true that Texas is wildly inflating its own importance with the paranoid fantasy that the other 49 states and the feds care enough about Texas to pay soldiers to invade the state. However, it's also true that wildly inflating its own importance is Texas's raison d'ĂȘtre.