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Jade Helm is the latest buzz term amongst conspiracy
theorists, or whatever they are referring to themselves as now. It’s been so
pervasive it has even dislodged MakaElectric from his nigh on six year
obsession with Operation Blackjack. Which, for those not in the know, was a
fictional cartoon series ran by The Telegraph in 2009. Which many construed as
predictive programming for an actual false flag attempt. (Maka kindly even made a lovely slideshow video, of the series, set to the best Dramatic and Exciting music I've ever heard.)
Of course, most
outgrew that notion within weeks, but for some (read: Maka) it became a catch-all
for all things that were fucked up or unexplainable in the world. But of course, I digress…
To explain where the Jade Helm conspiracy theories derive
from allow me to offer a short explanation. These theories are based on the eponymous
United States military training exercise, scheduled to take place in
multiple U.S. states from July 15 to September 15, 2015.
“The exercise in unconventional warfare involves United States Special Operations Command (with other U.S Armed Forces units in multiple states, including Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Utah. Troops engaging in the exercise will assume the roles of either occupying or resistance forces. Most locations are in sparsely populated arid regions near small towns. Some participants will wear civilian attire and drive civilian vehicles.” Source.
The conspiracy theories seem to emanate from the map shown
here from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, that divides the region
into four colours, with two "hostile" states, two
"permissive" states, two states leaning one way or the other, and
California divided.
Jim Shea of the Hartford Courant writes in his article “Thank
You Texas and Good Luck with the Invasion” that the conspiracy theories about
Jade Helm 15 include:
“A psychological operation aimed at getting people used to seeing military forces on the streets" so they do not realize when an invasion actually takes place; an international operation aimed to seize people's guns; recently closed Walmarts used by the military to "stockpile supplies for Chinese troops who will be arriving to disarm Americans"; and a military plan to "round up political dissidents" and "remove key political figures" who may be against the imposition of martial law.” Source.
Manny Fernandez writing earlier this month (July 14) in The
New York Times article “As
Jade Helm 15 Military Exercise Begins, Texans Keep Watch ‘Just in Case’” added that theories held by some bloggers and activists include
Jade Helm 15 as a
"secret plot" to impose martial law, confiscate firearms, invade Texas, and institute "total population control." Source.
And of course Alex Jones can’t let a good fake crisis go to
waste, so he added his well-known linguistic virtuosity to the whole mess of
crazy announcing that the helm was an acronym for:
"Homeland Eradication of Local Militants."
I think Alex needs to learn the difference between an
acronym and a backronym.
He being so learned and all, and with all the documents, I would have thought
he would be familiar with the term, since he talks about its most famous example so
fucking often. I, of course, am talking about the PATRIOT Act; a backronym so
Orwellian that it beggars belief!
