By Douglas V. Gibbs
Jade Helm is like any other exercise or operation the Obama administration pursues. It is intended to poke us in the chest, and get a reaction out of us. Some folks see the operation as preparation for martial law. The military says it is simply a training exercise, and the concern that has been percolating is unfounded.
It was a peaceful afternoon, and then residents said it seemingly turned hostile.To the folks experiencing the loud booms near Flint, Michigan, it didn't seem like a mere exercise.
"I was standing there, and all of a sudden, boom!" Jean Glenn said.
"I mean it was loud, it blew up the whole sky or whatever, it was like four or five big bangs," Annette Humphrey said.
Explosions you'd expect in a war zone echoed through Flint. People's homes shook and those inside were caught off-guard. It all went down Tuesday at the shuttered Lowell Junior High on the city's east side.
The blasts are just an Army exercise.
Here in Southern California, with Camp Pendleton on the west side of the hills from where I am at, loud booms and military exercises are kind of the norm. We have been desensitized to it because it is a regular occurrence. Camp Pendleton is a United States Marine Corps base, and a large one at that, so we understand. It makes sense.
Jade Helm, however, is an operation being carried out in civilian areas across the nation. Special Forces are blending into the population. Military equipment is being moved and paraded like we saw in Moscow during the Cold War.
In Michigan, the operation was been acted out at a local high school.
The city said in a news release that residents should expect to hear the loud noises associated with the training until June 12.
No specific locations were identified by the city and a spokeswoman for the Army was not immediately available for comment.
Three Flint police cars and several men dressed in combat fatigues were in the area of the former Lowell Junior High School on North Vernon Avenue Tuesday immediately before two loud explosions just after 2 p.m., jarring unsuspecting neighbors.
"They should warn the residents around here at least when there's something that loud and scary," said Nicole Robinson, 28. "That's pretty crazy."
The city, and the military, did not apologize. The ten day exercise will use both aircraft and simulated ammunition. It will last until June 12.
The Obama administration is poking us in the chest like a bully in the school yard, demanding a violent reaction. They want just one excuse. Just one reason to start the bloody revolution.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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