policemedic
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Cavalry scouts.
"Texas Governor's Call to Monitor Army Exercises Draws Criticism"
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Cavalry scouts.
I didn't say they did anything wrong, I said they could have used some different terminology based on politics.
Big question is who leaked the slides?
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It is if the SOF forces decide to use kayaks to invade the lovely nation of Pineland.
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Sigh.....as a proud Texan it's crap like this that makes me roll my eyes. IT'S A TRAINING EXERCISE!!! Shit even if you gave every single man and woman in the US armed forces, reserve and active both, a gun, put them on the street, and told em to take over the US, you really think we'd be able to disarm and subdue a nation of over 300 million, many who are better armed than the military (lowest bidder anyone)?!? Furthermore, as a veteran and a patriot I can say that is about the last thing any branch wants to do. We may fight the enemies of the state but we still serve the nation and swear to uphold the constitution. People need to stop reading so much into bs stories like this and focus on actual things that matter, like China, ISIS, the economy, or congress. People always bitch about politics but are too busy to vote or read up on it.
Ok, now I'm done. This is what happens when you quit drinking
Ok, now I'm done. This is what happens when you quit drinking
Scotth
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Don't worry about this, Rand said in an interview he would look into it. I haven't felt this safe since Sheriff Joe sent his crack team to investigate the birth certificate issue.
I'm curious if Gov. Abbott's announcement is meant to assuage the fears of Texans, or if he legitimately believes the conspiracies surrounding Jade Helm. The former is a pretty reasonable thing to do; your constituents have concerns, however unfounded they may be, and as the elected leader you need to do what you can to address them. The latter, however...that's pretty disquieting. Since Texas is one of the largest states in the country, having a governor that buys into anti-Federal conspiracy theories should raise some giant red flags.
Scotth
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You don't pander to the crazy, ignore them or tell them just to stop. When the crazy on the left came out with their Bush was responsible for 9/11 conspiracy theories no elected officials came out and gave those idiots any credence. Nor should anyone for these idiots.
Kraut783
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Nah, he is just playing the anti-Obama government card....
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I was always uncomfortable with civillians, who wanted "help" planning their exercises, and those who wanted to play "A Major Part" in a military exercise. While I was at a SAC base in Ca, I was writting, evaluating, and debriefings at the local/base level. A college town in the Big Sur coast requested military "help" in planning a mass casualty exercise in their town. They were planning to involve the rail road in the exercise, and wanted me to interface with the rail folks. They had a pretty good plan at a rail spur that had been out of use for decades. It was interesting that the media was there for every meeting, and they were anything but military friendly. As things moved along, the reason for military input really came down to one single issue. They wanted me to tell them, the media in particular, what dangerous military/DOD cargos were being carried by railway car through their area, enroute to our base. My reply was truthful when I said I did not know, and even if I did, there was no way in the world I would be passing that information along without first clearing that kind of release. After that, their folks decided that they did not need the military help after all; Bastages
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Scotth
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Add Cruz and Chuck Norris to the list of panders.
pardus
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As should the US govt on the southern border.
State governments are notorious for asking the military to help them out, and then blaming them for 'disruption of the peace, tranquility and calm' of the areas of operation or for the services rendered. I have a few stories about that... one in particular, we may have gone a little overboard with demo training and removing buildings for the state... but only a little overboard... well a little more than a little, but we were still safe. Warchief was there too, he can back me up.
I wish this was a joke. Operation Counter Jade Helm. Civilians plan on shadowing as many troop movements as possible and reporting locations to each other via radio.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...ze-Operation-Counter-Jade-Helm-to-6378017.php
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...ze-Operation-Counter-Jade-Helm-to-6378017.php
Today I ran into a veteran who believed the conspiracies, I was hoping that if anyone in the conversation wouldn't believe it that it would be him. They even went on about if things went down, how they would evade everything and resist. I'm not sure what they think a couple of AR-15s and some hunting rifles would do them. 
policemedic
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A well-trained small unit equipped with AR-15s and hunting rifles could do quite a bit of damage as a guerrilla force, methinks.
That said, anyone who thinks JADE HELM is the beginning of a military invasion is a frakking moron.
That said, anyone who thinks JADE HELM is the beginning of a military invasion is a frakking moron.
I'm not sure what they think a couple of AR-15s and some hunting rifles would do them.
I can tell you what we think.
Allah u Akbar,
Every anti-government faction in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, etc. going back to the dawn of time.
Yep...Sheep see something bad behind every shadow...including their own.
They don't want to know better because they willingly choose to stay scared of everything.
