Posted on 05/05/2015 6:26:24 PM PDT by Kaslin
The Texas congressman is joining others in his state calling for the Pentagon to alter the Jade Helm 15 military exercises.
May 5, 2015 U.S. Special Operations Command is preparing to launch a five-month, multi-state exercise across private and public land to prepare Army special forces for threats anywhere in the world. Or at least that's what the Pentagon would want you to believe. Officials and citizens in Texas, one of the states involved, see something potentially more nefarious in the exercise, dubbed Jade Helm 15. And now Rep. Louie Gohmert is joining them.
"Over the past few weeks, my office has been inundated with calls referring to the Jade Helm 15 military exercise scheduled to take place between July 15 and September 15, 2015," Gohmert said in a Tuesday statement. "This military practice has some concerned that the U.S. Army is preparing for modern-day martial law. Certainly, I can understand these concerns."
"When leaders within the current administration believe that major threats to the country include those who support the Constitution, are military veterans, or even 'cling to guns or religion,' patriotic Americans have reason to be concerned," Gohmert wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...
Jade Helm 15 = Ji Had 15
OK than sell the military bases if they are going to use public and private lands....
This is prepping for martial law....
Bkmrk.
With the tiny size of our standing Army the USA couldn’t impose martial law on New York let alone the entire USA. Do the math.
Doing the math won’t convince the conspiracy loons.
Surely, patriot groups have infiltrated and are passing intel out?
I absolutely cannot believe that every single Enlisted Man and Officer engaged in this “exercise” is on the dark side?
This story is fascinating on several levels. First, the number of kneepad media outlets that are running with it. An interesting amount of projection going on.
Secondly, its something to watch the politicians tiptoe around the 500 lb gorilla in the living room: the possibility of Texas secessipn. Its like if no one mentions it, maybe it’ll just magically go away. A silly strategy for otherwise bright people whom I respect.
Neither do I
Your comment seems to presuppose an Army (working in tandem with the Air Force) that are like, say the Army and Air Force of WW2. With the high tech weaponry of today, though greatly outnumbered by armed civilians, they probably believe they will prevail.
OK, let me explain for the math challenged. All the technology in the world cannot make a soldier be in more then one place at a time. At any given moment one soldier is sleeping, one is maintaining/training and one is actually on patrol. Plus support troops. So lets say you wan to occupy Baltimore. You need to figure how many troops to maintain martial law, this is WITHOUT an insurgency, then multiply by a factor of three. So lets say you figure 10,000 troops. That works out to 30,000 just for one city! The standing Army is approximately 1/2 million. It’s not enough by a long shot EVEN with technology as a force multiplier.
Read these responses to see what is happening on the ground in Texas.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3285678/replies?c=11
I need to believe that there are Es and Os who understand and appreciate the Oath they took and will refuse unlawful and unconstitutional orders!
Makes me wonder now, why my Marine son is being deployed over seas in July?
http://www.infowars.com/shocking-martial-law-preparations-confirmed/
You believe Jade Helm is the Obama military training for confrontations with blacks in Baltimore? Obama is a Marxist, race riots don’t bother him. The acronym for “Helm” means:
HELM = Homeland Eradication of Local Militants
Now just who are these “local militants” that the Obama administration are so concerned with?
directive302518
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/directive302518/index?tab=articles
A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration’s potential use of military force against Americans. The directive contains noncontroversial provisions on support to civilian fire and emergency services, special events and the domestic use of the Army Corps of Engineers. The troubling aspect of the directive outlines presidential authority for the use of military arms and forces, including unarmed drones, in operations against domestic unrest.
So far, the troops involved (AFAIK) are US.
Are you saying that foreign troops are operating on US soil in US cities?
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