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2. A little history: the Army had a planned exercise in Texas called Operation Jade Helm

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Wed Oct 15, 2025, 02:21 PM

Oct 15

The right wing fever swamp created a conspiracy theory that Obama was invading Texas. It became a thing.

Texas Governor Abbott, always quick to appease his whacko base, ordered the Texas National Guard Commander to “Monitor the situation.”

Now Abbott is sending the Texas National Guard to Chicago.

Irony is dead and so is Abbott’s soul.

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Hell, they were having hissyfits just pretending that Obama was going to send in the Guard. tanyev Oct 15 #1

A little history: the Army had a planned exercise in Texas called Operation Jade Helm surfered Oct 15 #2