https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-something-in-the-water-the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-50124"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-there-something-in-the-water-the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Is+there+something+in+the+water%3F+The+Americans+are+coming%21+Texans+fear+Obama-led+US+military+invasion&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-there-something-in-the-water-the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AIs there something in the water? The Americans are coming! Texans fear Obama-led US military invasion%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-something-in-the-water-the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="0ab8a833fa1294aedd576da994294f95" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/050/124/for_gallery_v2/eaa96a86.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/050/124/large_v3/eaa96a86.jpg" alt="Eaa96a86" /></a></div></div>Bastrop County Republican Chairman Albert Ellison outside the GOP Headquarters in Bastrop, TX: “The Obama administration has a history of attacking Texas.” (Erich Schlegel/For The Washington Post)<br /><br /><br /> Jade Helm’s troubles started with a map, released by the military, which depicted the area of operations. It showed seven southwestern states colored red for "hostile" (including Texas) and blue for "permissive" (including California). The map sent the conspiracy-minded into overdrive.<br /><br />At the public hearing this spring, military spokesman Lt. Col. Mark Lastoria explained that those designations are part of a fictional scenario: Jade Helm is intended to simulate U.S. Special Forces helping resistance fighters restore democracy in an imaginary country.<br /><br />The operation’s logo, which features a Dutch wooden shoe, is meant to represent anti-Nazi resistance in World War II Europe.<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/us/the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion-1.356488">http://www.stripes.com/news/us/the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion-1.356488</a> Sun, 05 Jul 2015 09:07:38 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-something-in-the-water-the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-50124"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-there-something-in-the-water-the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Is+there+something+in+the+water%3F+The+Americans+are+coming%21+Texans+fear+Obama-led+US+military+invasion&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fis-there-something-in-the-water-the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AIs there something in the water? The Americans are coming! Texans fear Obama-led US military invasion%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/is-there-something-in-the-water-the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="2b9cb62c3c8f2037ac5ba4457771cae1" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/050/124/for_gallery_v2/eaa96a86.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/050/124/large_v3/eaa96a86.jpg" alt="Eaa96a86" /></a></div></div>Bastrop County Republican Chairman Albert Ellison outside the GOP Headquarters in Bastrop, TX: “The Obama administration has a history of attacking Texas.” (Erich Schlegel/For The Washington Post)<br /><br /><br /> Jade Helm’s troubles started with a map, released by the military, which depicted the area of operations. It showed seven southwestern states colored red for "hostile" (including Texas) and blue for "permissive" (including California). The map sent the conspiracy-minded into overdrive.<br /><br />At the public hearing this spring, military spokesman Lt. Col. Mark Lastoria explained that those designations are part of a fictional scenario: Jade Helm is intended to simulate U.S. Special Forces helping resistance fighters restore democracy in an imaginary country.<br /><br />The operation’s logo, which features a Dutch wooden shoe, is meant to represent anti-Nazi resistance in World War II Europe.<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/us/the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion-1.356488">http://www.stripes.com/news/us/the-americans-are-coming-texans-fear-obama-led-us-military-invasion-1.356488</a> SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. Sun, 05 Jul 2015 09:07:38 -0400 2015-07-05T09:07:38-04:00 2015-07-05T09:07:38-04:00