The headline says it all. This info comes from a well-placed friend in Texas. He says the news is being overwhelmed by the story about a football being below regulation pressure in an important game. Typical.
Jade Helm is such an unusual name. What do you think of when you hear the word jade? You think of China, right? Helm is self-explanatory
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sng-ign ago
TBH Jade Helm sounds like a piece of armor from Elder Scrolls Skyrim.
Military exercises take many forms, and guys in the naming department sometimes have a sense of humor (shocking for gov't workers, but many of them are human beings with real feelings).
Example - http://www.wired.com/2010/07/holy-acronym-darpa-batman-robin-to-master-biology-outdo-evolution/
jervybingly ago
I was in the military for a while so have some experience with this. Yes, they do have a sense of humor, and sometimes it's a sick sense of humor. Thanks for the link.
OM3G4UN17 ago
My friend who was active, told me about a test that asked if you were ordered to would you shoot a US citizen. Is this true or is my friend a liar?
Veni_Vidi_Vici ago
Why would nationality matter in a combat situation?
Then again, the Germans also had a nice expression: "Befehl ist befehl"
OM3G4UN17 ago
I don't think it does but, the underlying feeling I have would be in our own borders and the citizens would be anyone thought an enemy.
jervybingly ago
This is why the troops have been told they should expect to be working with foreign military. The reason is that US troops can't be depended on to kill other US citizens. I know that Indonesian troops have come to the US for training.
At the Kent State anti-Vietnam War demonstration in 1970, National Guard troops fired on unarmed students and killed four. So what if the students had been firing back at the National Guard?
This same "problem" is quite possibly the reason Obama has purged lots of high-ranking officers recently, as most of you know, I think.
OM3G4UN17 ago
Interesting I didn't see a connection between the removal of high ranking officers. Thank you for replying and bring up the info.
jervybingly ago
I expect they were all asked if they would order their troops to fire on US citizens, or words to that effect. Those who didn't fall into line got purged.
jervybingly ago
Always look for connections. At that level very little is happens by chance. Does that sound paranoid? I think we all have to be paranoid right about now. "The hour is getting late."
OM3G4UN17 ago
Any paranoia as of late is more and more justified by the actions of those in power.
jervybingly ago
You said it.
I've been paranoid since Bush 1, but have learned to live with a situation over which I have no control. The present situation can't and shouldn't be ignored however, as all their plans are about to bear the dark, evil, fruit of world domination.