NIT – We’ve received a number of pleas from readers to “investigate” or “look into” this recent phenomenon known as “Operation Jade Helm 15”.
Clicking through the various conspiracy theory web sites tucked into the armpits of the internet, you will find blowhards declaring that this supposed military training exercise is actually disguising some kind of United Nations takeover of Texas and possibly Utah (two red states) and is covertly being led by President Barack Obama (the anti-Christ, some of the end-of-the-worlders say).
The exercise, the doomsayers say, has something to do with closed-up Wal-Marts and the imposition of martial law.
The conspiracy theories have gotten to some; even Texas Governor Greg Abbott put his state guard on alert to watch U.S. special operations forces during Jade Helm 15, beginning July 15.
What say you? What is Jade Helm 15, is it legitimate, or is there a real threat?
