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Hundreds of people have organized a "Counter Jade Helm" surveillance operation across the Southwestern states and in an effort to keep an eye on the contentious military drill that's sparked many suspicious of Uncle Sam's intentions.
Eric Johnston, a 51-year-old retired firefighter and sheriff's deputy who lives in Kerrville, is a surveillance team leader in Texas. He'll coordinate three groups of volunteers, about 20 folks in total, who hope to monitor the SEALs, Green Berets and Air Force Special Ops in Bastrop, Big Spring and Junction when Jade Helm kicks off on July 15. With media prohibited at the drills, the volunteers could be a main source of information for the highly-anticipate seven-state exercise.
But locations more precise than the towns around which troops will drill remain unknown. For the citizens' surveillance operation, therein lies the first challenge.
"If a team member sees two Humvees full of soldiers driving through town, they're going to follow them," Johnston said. "And they're going to radio back their ultimate location."
They aren't worried about martial law, he said, but feel like they can't trust the government, and want to make sure the Military isn't under orders to pull anything funny.
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truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)but I wonder if any are stupid enough, paranoid enough and/or scared enough to actually shoot their own country's troops.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)...or each other.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Like the idiot "militia" on the border, threatening scientists and actual border patrol. We/they are all just lucky so far.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Because Texans make North Carolina (my home state), Georgia (where I lived for a number of years) and Virginia (my current state) look super-progressive. This is the same Freemen crap that is prevalent in some of the mountain states like Idaho and Montana, and is driven by racism and paranoia.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)I'm under military orders " to pull sumptin funny " on you citizens
yeah, cause I'm sure if the military really WAS going to invade texas that 20 inbred mouthbreathers are going to stop it before it starts lol
Aristus
(66,388 posts)"Gunner! Co-Ax! (coaxial machine gun) Troops!
(Because for the purpose of this bloody little fantasy, we'll call those beer-bellied idjits 'troops'.)
brer cat
(24,578 posts)SEALS, Green Berets and AF Special Ops vs. 20 half-baked Texans. Didn't they learn anything at the Alamo?
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)Jade is green, counter green with red. Helm is headwear, counter with footwear...
Operation Ruby Slippers! 'Cause when you're in Rexas you're not in Kansas anymore!