When the military training exercise entitled as Jade Helm 15 was first announced the Moronic Right wen batcrap crazy…..people like Alex Jones started telling their idiot followers that the US military was preparing for a military takeover…….even an elected official, the governor Texas ordered the National Guard to keep tabs on the exercise to head off any attempts at a junta.
What truly worried me was that many people that I considered rational played along with the nonsense and even tried to make sense of why the government would do this. DO what? The military is on a training exercise something they do all the time and have been doing for decades without any hint of a coup.
Maybe the people that were most concerned had just viewed the movie “7 Days In May” on TMC……..that could explain the irrationality……
I have been sarcastically digging at the people that took this thing seriously because I am an irritating SOB…….and I want them to feel as foolish as they are…….
But what about Jade Helm 15…….what has been happening….I mean other than some non-existent coup……..
We have one report on Jade Helm………
The documents alleged Walter Eugene Litteral, 50, Christopher James Barker, 42, and Christopher Todd Campbell, 30, stockpiled weapons and discussed how to build homemade explosive devices. Litteral also allegedly tried to purchase a firearm for Barker, who is a convicted felon.
A tipster first contacted the FBI in June after becoming concerned that Litteral and Campbell were “preparing to use lethal force against United States government forces in order to defend against the imposition of martial law or other infringements on their rights,” according to an affidavit. The affidavit noted that the two men had discussed their belief that “Jade Helm 15” was actually a cover for the implementation of martial law with the tipster.
Is that it? NOPE! My state of Mississippi has its share of morons (more than most states)……and someone had to pull the trigger…..
For the second time this week, a gunman opened fire at Camp Shelby, a military training center that is part of the “Jade Helm 15″ training exercises, according to the Associated Press.
A man matching the same description as Tuesday’s shooter, white and driving a red or maroon pickup truck, opened fire around 8 a.m. Wednesday, the Clarion-Ledger reports. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
On Tuesday, a gunman with the same description fired at two soldiers training at Camp Shelby. Two men were taken into custody and questioned, but were then released without charges, according to the paper.
Appears that Southern meth heads and crack smokers are more of a threat then some poor soldier on a training exercise…..