Despite what some morons have written I am not convinced that this is some kind of government take over but I do have questions. Apparently those questions cause people some angst on the left. What is the purpose of Jade Helm? I participated in many military operations and we were always told why and what we were supposed to be learning while we did it. Why the secrecy?
For those who poopoo the idea of a government take over as a possibility, who would you go about it? Announce the world that a new government is in place and THEN roll out the tanks from the bases? NO! You would put your units in position of comunication, government, and National Guard locations to either seize, capture, or neutralize them. Kind of like what the Germans did in 1939 and the Soviets did in 1980.
You could connect the dots:
Dot one; military officers and high ranking noncomms are being polled (asked if you will) whether or not that they could fire upon US citizens if ordered to.
Dot two; several smaller drills where the agressor WAS a domestic "terrorist" group that has taken a town hostage.
Dot three: The disperal of military assets around the country in the guise of building up the local police departments for what exactly?
Dot four: Academia has been asked to publish works that suggest domestic groups will seize power and have to be opposed by government action. Remember the discussion a couple of years ago when KU's Jennifer Weber wrote a book with a general about how a Tea Party group occupied a southern city? I asked her why the Tea Party and not Occupy and she said that was not was she was asked to do.
So many questions and so few answers. I did not realize those questions would scare people.