Jack of Harts

Had the standoff between the State of Texas and the American President stopped at a few shots fired and less than fifty dead Texans, the citizens of Texas would not now be inclined to call the Second Great Depression the Second Civil War. Unfortunately for us all, the standoff did not end there. When the majority of major American military units declined to follow his orders to deploy against Texas civilians, he sent more clandestine units into Texas with the mission of sowing chaos to bring the State government to its knees. Much of the gang violence and drug wars that raged through the Texan cities can be tied to the specific actions of clandestine federal agents, as can the various organizational, communications, and supply problems suffered by numerous Texas law enforcement agencies. Chaos and violence overwhelmed the local governmental security forces in city after city, and burned many parts of them to the ground. The President offered to help Texas with their raging criminal problem, but when proof that federal agents were instigating the violence was leaked to the public, it destroyed what little credibility he had left in Texan eyes.