Posted on 05/02/2015 6:04:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Depending on whom you ask, Jade Helm 15 is either a domestic military training exercise or a covert operation for the federal government to take over the state of Texas and 2016 presidential candidate Ted Cruz just became the latest Republican to fan the flames of the latter theory.
Speaking at the South Carolina Republican Partys annual convention Saturday, the Texas senator told Bloombergs David Weigel that his office had contacted the Pentagon about the exercise, which officially consists of a series of training drills throughout the Southwest for about 1,200 special operations personnel, including Green Berets and Navy SEALs. Conspiracy theorists operating on the fringes of the conservative blogosphere, however, have other ideas about what the exercise, known as Jade Helm 15, is intended to do such as implement martial law, seize Americans guns, and imprison political dissidents.
Rather than squash those theories outright, Cruz apparently decided it was better to be safe than sorry.
My office has reached out to the Pentagon to inquire about this exercise, he said. We are assured it is a military training exercise. I have no reason to doubt those assurances, but I understand the reason for concern and uncertainty, because when the federal government has not demonstrated itself to be trustworthy in this administration, the natural consequence is that many citizens dont trust what it is saying.(continued)
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I have been a Freeper a long time. That is the first time I have ever seen a Freeper refer to Alinsky as "Saul."
If 0vomit is doing it, it should be watched closely. I can’t think of even ONE thing he has done that has been a positive for this country. So I am glad that Ted Cruz is making people pay attention to what is going on.
My motto: If 0vomit is in favor of it, it can’t be good.
Oh that’s right. You said nothing was going to happen. I forgot because you hardly ever answer a question with anything but an attack.
It’s shorter than Alinsky’s. I was also being a wise ass.
They are running amok among the peeps they are supposed to protect. why are they treating the peeps as an enemy of the State? These ops need to be run in another country not here. It’s an abomination. FU0B. Any patriot would refuse to run ops against the the peeps.
This exercise is unusual in that it is in civilian areas, NOT in a controlled environment like Medina Jabal or Medina Wasl.
It is not standard or normal to wander civilian streets, set off practice simulator munitions, and generally harass the population.
And all it takes is one bad actor, whether it is a Nidal Hassan or a Jared Loughner is immaterial.
There was a reason we didn’t do our training off post from Drum.
Downtown Watertown showed the wisdom of that.
You need to read up on this from legit sources. Really. You are really drinking the Alex Jones kook aid on this.
They are out of control in performing ANY op within the US.
Never said I went to the War College. But there you go again with the name calling. I thought we were not supposed to do that here. Guess I will have to press the abuse button again.
The US military has NO need to perform training in the US outside of Military Reservations. Period.
Thats two lies.Tow of the same lie actually Why do you do that Lib? I said LIKELY. Are you as bad at reading as you are at American history?
You sure do get caught a lot. Didn’t you learn message discipline at the War College?
Look it up lib. I’m not your secretary. Everyone else here read it.
I have no interest beyond welcoming my family members in the armed forces when they are off duty.
YMMV, but Putin may friend you on social media....
So what did you learn here? Interpretative dance?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ah...you are incorrect on that. That is where I went to college. At a military college to boot. So, you can refer to me as sir, troop.
83 posted on Saturday, May 02, 2015 6:45:13 PM by Vermont Lt
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I am so glad that America has finally woken up to what’s really going down. The many posts on this site are just a tiny fraction of what is burning up the internet on this issue right now. Baltimore? Nobody cares. To the rest of America, that’s just a “look at the squirrel” distraction.
I think you're confused as to what this operation is about.
They'll be no marching and guns in the street, they are practicing to collect intel, snatch "suspects", practice hits, etc. Quiet, like spec ops do.
Operators grow beards to blend from a distant in Afganistan, no? I suppose undercover means jeans and cowboy boots in Texas.
They could get hurt doing that in Texas.
Suppose they tripped over one of those cars hidden in the overgrown grass surrounding my castle. Could they sue me or worse? Remember if you mow the lawn and find an old car or two, you might be a redneck. And I've heard that we have rednecks down in here Texas.
Meant to ping you to this.
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