"Urban Warfare and Jade Helm: Why We Should Invade Texas" Topic

"I grew up watching The Simpsons and it remains one of my favorite TV shows. So when news stories began to gain traction a month ago regarding theories that a military takeover of Texas was imminent, I was reminded of this quote (from 1994, no less) by fictional news anchor Kent Brockman: "Just miles from your doorstep, hundreds of men are given weapons and trained to kill. The government calls it the ‘Army', but a more alarmist name would be ‘The Kill-Bot Factory.'" More than twenty years later, this quote comically sums-up the nature of the suspicions of and claims from the fringe conspiracy theorists of the far-right in America today. The results of the large U.S. military exercise due to take place in Texas, Utah, Colorado and other states this summer should indeed be of great concern for Americans—but not because of the dire warnings of coming martial law from conspiracy theorists and fringe groups. Instead, it should be of concern to us because of what it means for the future of warfare in the 21st century.

Tinfoil Helmets: Growth of the Conspiracy

The idea that the U.S. government will send the Army to invade an unruly state and impose martial law has pervaded much of the Obama presidency. Many on the fringe feel that incremental enlargements in the size of government directly challenge their way of life, with the obvious end goal of these increases (according to the fringe) being a totalitarian government. In the last few months this alarm has become especially acute as tenuous evidence has been pieced together which supposedly confirms these fears. More often than not, faux news and "info-tainment" stories are emerging each day which purport that the U.S. government is planning for martial law in Texas under the guise of military training exercises (or that people certainly believe as much).

Despite only recent national coverage, the news that the U.S. military is planning a massive training exercise across southwest American states this summer has actually existed since the end of 2014 – being reported in regional papers as a benefit to the local economy as troops spend their pay there. This rhetoric only altered in March 2015 when a conspiracy "news" website released leaked information on the training exercise – Jade Helm 15. Especially of interest to these and other conspiracy theorists was a map of the location in which the training will take place. While some states were labeled as "permissive" (such as Colorado), states including Utah and Texas, as well as the southern tip of California, were labeled as "hostile." Since then, this highly circumstantial evidence has been tied to together with speculation regarding the recent closure of several Wal-Marts in the region. According to theorists, these empty Wal-Marts may become detention centers for political dissidents when martial law is imposed, or even locations to stockpile supplies for Chinese troops who will disarm Americans once they arrive…"
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Don't mess with Texas! (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

' … these empty Wal-Marts may become … locations to stockpile supplies for Chinese troops who will disarm Americans once they arrive…"

Brilliant and fiendish.

What even the theorists are missing is that Chinese troops may be shipped directly to these locations in containers bound for Walmarts anyway. No one would suspect.

They don't even need to build that tunnel under the Pacific.

Battle Beneath the Earth – Brilliant! Saw it in the theater as a kid, and even then I thought, "Huh?"

Don't mess with Texas! (It's messed up enough already.)

It is true they have locked people up at Walmart not letting them leave, its called a job.

This is a dog house trap if I ever saw one.
US army vs Texas, that would be payperview material.
I got $5.00 USD on Texas.

Cosmicbank… dude… this was hilarious! (smile)

Sad.. but true. (smile)

Amicalemenet
Armand

"…the southern tip of California, were labeled as "hostile."

So let's say the southernmost 60 miles of the state…

You mean where Camp Pendleton, 32nd Street Naval Base, Coronado Naval Base, Naval Air Facility El Centro, North Island Naval Base, Miramar Air Station, Pt. Loma Submarine Base and March Air Force Base are?

The southernmost tip of California HEAVILY supports the US military. The "hostility" of the people here is not towards the military, it is towards (self censored for politics.)

Yes, it would be a very dangerous game to play – think battleship Potemkin kind of dangerous. We all know what happened to that captain.

Thanks Tango means a lot to be loved.

Remember how the Texas-Israeli War: 1999 worked out?

A votre service mon ami!. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand