Well, here we are. It’s been about seven weeks. Time for a “battle†report and a list of “casualties†from the latest “occupations†- er, locations - of “Operation Jade Helm 15."
I’ve reached out to friends and readers in all seven Western states where “massed†federal troops have been operating. I’ve asked all to check local vacant Walmart’s to get a prisoner count. Really check ‘em. Not just look in the dirty windows because civilians who’ve been “rounded up†are supposed to held in the basements of empty stores. I’ve never seen a Walmart with a basement but that’s where we’ve been told the captives are.
So far - in just over seven weeks - I’ve received not a single report of citizen “prisoners†stemming from Jade Helm. Nope. Not one. Which means either the civilians are cleverer than we thought or SEALS and Rangers haven’t learned a thing in recent engagements overseas.
Our crew of “searchers†has also been checking with county clerks by the dozens - looking for newly recorded documents describing federal property “takings†by the invading forces. So far, none. Not one!
And this has been a very, very thorough search. We’ve looked at Bastrop/Smithville, Big Spring, Caddo Lake, Christoval, Dell City, Eldorado, Goliad, Junction, Leakey, Menard and Victoria. And that’s just in Texas. No community larger than a Birch Society cell meeting has been spared our research over seven states. None!
Still, the old I-net machine is ablaze with warnings - extreme warnings - of the dangers inherent in “several thousand†U.S. military forces running amok on our home soil. We’re being told those of us on the outskirts of this “invasion†have no idea how large it is and how “out-of-control†the “thousands†of soldiers, sailors and Marines have become. Nor are we being told of the martial law declarations and destruction of private property going on in several states. It’s got to be damned scary!!!
We’re also being warned not to listen to “official†news coming out of the Pentagon or from the “Jade Helm†headquarters locations. To hear their official blather, you’d think there were only about 1,200 military personnel involved - drawn from just about any branch you can name - rather than the “thousands†we “know†are “really†out there. And all this official crap about the economic gains in cities and towns where the feds are operating? Just more government “propaganda.†Don’t you believe it.
But not to worry. At least in Texas. Because the governor called out the National Guard to keep wary watch on the U.S. military so nothing illegal or un-American takes place. Except - the Texas Guard’s not out there any more. Seems the old Guv came to his senses after looking like a public fool and told all the Guard guys to go home. He’d handle it. Quietly.
Comedian George Gobel was on “The Tonight Show†some years ago. During the Korean “war,†he trained bomber pilots in Waco, Texas. Very proficient flying instructor was he. His proof? With him flying bombers in Waco, no invading enemy aircraft made it east of Houston. Not one.
Which seems to sort of sum up the conspiracy crackpot outcries of “Jade Helm†crazies. Because of these “alert citizens†and their leaping to action, no American military “invaders†in seven states have been successful undermining local authority, locking up civilians or taking private property.
But, idiotic as all this “Jade Helm†paranoia has been - and continues to be despite proof to the contrary if any proof were needed - it’s only a short mental step from there to the most incompetent, unqualified and disastrous field of presidential candidates offered in recent years. Most would be as embarrassing and frightening as Commander-In Chief as the Texas governor has been, with his nut-ball appeal to a crazy voter base.
Our national politics are awash in craziness, paranoia and ignorance. We’re told people are “angry†and “frustrated†with government, that we lack leadership and direction. The knock on Pres. Obama has been he wasn’t experienced enough to be president. Yet Trump and the accompanying class of miscreants are all appealing to people who say they don’t want “professional politicians†to run the country. Huh?
“Jade Helm†craziness continues with not a shred of proof anything was amiss with it or the similar military exercises in the years that came before. But the mental vacuum of thousands of citizens continues. So, too, the political campaign continues with idiocy, unsupported accusations, baseless “facts,†phony claims and paranoia among candidates rushing all directions to attract an audience. Any audience. Like that Texas governor.
If anyone knows of a vacant Walmart store with a basement, we may really have need of one.