The exercise is NOT massive: 2000 special operators across 7 states
over 5 months.
The exercise is NOT unprecedented: these types of exercises have been
conducted since the 1970s and there are towns in NC and VA that have
had their entire population role play for the military in the past.
This was also done in Germany during the Cold War.
The POTUS doesn’t get involved in planning military exercises.
The selection process for special operators has zero to do with politics.
The reason this is being conducted in the SW USA is because the
terrain there resembles the terrain features of the Middle East and
Southwest Asia.
These exercises cannot be held in countries in the Middle East and SW
Asia for obvious reasons.
The special operators who make up this particular exercise are
America’s foremost patriots. They actually risk life and limb to
fulfill their oath to the constitution. These are literally the Chris
Kyles of America. Do you really think those men are part of a plot to
help Barack Obama impose martial law?
I understand that people don’t trust Obama, but our military needs to
train in realistic scenarios whether Obama is president or Reagan is
president. Should the military cease all domestic training exercises
just because Obama is president?
About 6 weeks ago the British Army Parachute Regiment conducted joint
exercises with the 82nd Airborne and the 2nd Marine Division in North
Carolina. The same morons who are spreading paranoia about this
exercise claimed that that exercise was the opening phase of imposing
martial law. Well, the Paras went home and no martial law has been
imposed.
A few months ago, a Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted an amphibious
assault exercise near Jacksonville, Florida. The paranoia crowd
claimed that was a rehearsal for martial law too. These exercises are
NOT unprecedented. In fact they are commonplace.
Every time a train carrying armored vehicles is seen transiting the US
somewhere, the paranoids come out and claim “something is up.” This
nonsense has been going on for years. The military has routinely moved
armored units by rail car since the 1930s.
The guy who started all this paranoid nonsense is Alex Jones, a
sensationalist talk show host.
I have a serious question for you. They’re only using 2,000 S.O. troops to train for what they may be called upon to do in countries with similar terrain. Are you saying if what they’re training for takes place in a foreign country only those 2,000 who trained in Texas will be needed to respond? What happens when half of those who are trained decide to leave the military? Now there are only a thousand to do the job.