Chron – by Dylan BaddourNews of the Army’s operation Jade Helm stirred up widespread fears and deep mistrust of the American government in a sizable bloc of the public. Thousands of tweets, dozens of online publications and plenty of Chron.com commenters sounded the alarm of an impending military takeover.
Now the virtual world of alternative news has added a new twist to the tale: Walmart is in on it, and there are secret underground tunnels.
Multiple websites drew links between the suspiciously swift and simultaneous closure of a half dozen Walmarts nationwide and the military training drill that will have some of America’s most elite units–Green Berets and Navy SEALS among them–trying to blend in to the civilian population in Texas and the Southwestern states.
It may seem crazy, but the fearful aren’t a totally marginal crowd. Online outcry over the original plans to hold the so-called realistic military training in American cities drew an official response from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
Stars and Stripes, the news publication of the U.S. military, ran an article titled “Army Special Operations Command pushes back against alarmist claims about upcoming exercise,” The Washington Post wrote “Why Operation Jade Helm 15 is freaking out the Internet—and why it shouldn’t be” and VICE News reported“conspiracy theorists think an army training exercise will bring martial law to the US this summer.”
A talk radio host even raised the issue in a conversation with Republican presidential hopeful Rand Paul.
Now Walmart is in the picture. The world’s largest retailer raised eyebrows last week when it simultaneously shuttered five stores—two in Texas, one in California, Oklahoma and Florida—and laid off 2,200 workers with only several hours’ notice. The stores claimed plumbing problems prompted closures.
But bloggers have different ideas. The website Intellihub, the “Civilian Intelligence Agency,” suggested the Walmarts are being converted into giant entrance facilities for a network of underground tunnels the military will use to transport troops across the country.
Another website, All News Pipeline, poses the question: “will these massive stores soon be used as ‘food distribution centers’ and to house the headquarters of invading troops from China, here to disarm Americans…?”
Another website, Before It’s News, ran a post titled “JADE HELM: Explosive new information! Underground government tunnels beneath closing Walmarts, missile platforms, facial recognition, bundy ranch and Walmart tied to DHS! They are all connected!”
EXPOSED! Wal-Mart Closings and Jade Helm Prep – #NewWorldNextWeek https://t.co/lNroHF3skx via @YouTube
— CatoTheYounger (@catoletters) April 17, 2015
"Live Interview with Walmart/Jade Helm 15 Insider Stephanie Hughes!" on YouTube – https://t.co/3BDhiBLQ9I
— Jeffrey s borreson (@jeffreymadwisc) April 22, 2015
Are Wal-Mart Closings In Jade Helm 15 States A Sign We’ve Sold Them The Rope They’ll Use To Hang Us With? => Irony =>http://t.co/JTddxlntq4
— John Galt (@jgalt666) April 22, 2015
Underground US Tunnel Map Links WalMart, Jade Helm Locations. Wow Check This Out! – Free Patriot Post http://t.co/0Z2h5bDUSh
— Dixieland Diva CSA❌ (@DixieLand__Diva) April 21, 2015
https://twitter.com/marymredith79/status/590650550183714816
**ALERT ALL CITIZENS!** Jade Helm Troops in Corona & Ontario CA, Turkish Troops in TX Walmart | Inside Jade Helm… http://t.co/a3NXDAW22s
— Before It's News (@beforeitsnews) April 22, 2015
Multiple websites cite video showing police surrounding one of the recently closed Walmarts in California, and the empty shelving inside arranged strangely in an arch around loading bay doors. Allegations of secret cross-country tunnels and so-called “deep underground military bases” (DUMBs for short), are based on a 2004 online forum for Paulding County, Georgia, in which local residents discuss the construction effort underway in their area.
“The tunneling project is a joint venture involving the National Security Agency, CIA, FBI, MiB, Homeland Security & a few other groups,” one user posted. (It’s unknown if the “MiB” refers to shadowy, fictitious “Men in Black” agents made famous by the Will Smith movies)
He continued: “The addition of new Walmart facilities in northwest Georgia gives spur hubs and depots easy access to large areas that can be partitioned off for moving of very large equipment and large numbers of people in case of national emergency.”
Websites also post an apparently hand-drawn map of a nationwide underground tunnel system dated 1978. Now they fear that the closed superstores and alleged tunnels underneath will be used to advance diabolical military plans to disarm and imprison Americans during the upcoming Jade Helm.
But the military calls the operation a drill in realistic warfare. County officials who spoke with army command said they’d been notified that troops would be operating undercover amongcivilians, testing their abilities to blend in. Military specialists have interpreted acronyms on an Army document and inferred that small groups of elite soldiers would stage a long-distance escape from simulated hostile territory. The Washington Postreports numerous past military drills have simulated activities inside hostile territories in the United States before.
Yet many Americans apparently still believe they are the enemies the military is preparing to fight. It mirrors a national trend of extreme skepticism—a CNN poll last year showed trust in the government was at an all-time low, with only 13 percent saying the trust the government most of the time. Moreover, a 2012 report documented a dramatic rise in Americans rejecting the legitimacy of their government outright, and a 2015 Department of Homeland Security report warned of danger from right-wing groups resentful of military and police.
Jade Helm will take place in 17 Texas cities from July to September 2015. County officials have been advised of military plans and should be able to answer citizen questions about road closures or simulated violence near residential areas.
Are these people drinking the cool aid?????
Fear sells, and a lot of websites are desperate for traffic. This article links to the same nonsensical video made by the lunatic on the brink of becoming unglued over Walmart re-arranging their furniture.
Has anyone seen one of these tunnels? They sound a lot like the mythical rail cars with shackles and guillotines that have amazingly defied any attempts at being photographed for more than a decade.
Do you know how much it costs to bore a tunnel underground? Why would they do this when they can just as easily transport prisoners on the highway?
Again, we have a lot of hype and fear-mongering, and not one shred of proof, or anything that passes for evidence. Don’t let your imagination get the better of you.
We’re on the brink of a real war, and not one of us has time to be distracted by this stupidity, which is probably exactly why it exists.
What would YOU do if you owned Walmart, and knew the economy was about to crash? (and believe me, they know)
Wouldn’t you start to close stores, lay-off employees, and consolidate inventory into fewer stores to keep your operating expenses to a minimum?
They’re rearranging their shelves because they’re empty, and I wouldn’t be surprised if EVERY Walmart was reduced to about half its present size. What they’re definitely NOT going to do is spend a ton of money on new inventory they know they’ll never sell.
Dam right .. and you know it, and many others are hip to it too.. so yes, they want everyone to believe anything they hear,, even if some of its right .. theres just enough mis-info to obscure the real reasons and their true actions
do warfare by means of distraction ,, and when its in our faces some will still not see it ,, they are banking on this
we have been at war (yes in this country) for a lot longer than 99% of the people out there think
Has anyone seen one of these tunnels? They sound a lot like the mythical rail cars with shackles and guillotines that have amazingly defied any attempts at being photographed for more than a decade.Don’t know about WalMart tunnels, but the PTB have been digging and using these tunnels elsewhere for decades.
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=63626
There is a lot of fear porn coming out about Jade-helm 15. The misinformation seems to be escalating and getting more bazar. Nothing should be taken for granted and we should all keep our eyes open, but common sense should prevail here. Facts are what we need to base our actions on, not fear porn. I know the Trenchers here deal in facts and that is why I come here.
Keep up the good work JR, Henry keeps the trolls from commenting, so now, are they just posting the fear mongering?
I would have no real problems with a mil’ takeover, instituting a short Martial Law until things got organized, IF………….
They’re going to go after and remove this criminal government, and the Camps are for those that have willingly cooperated with these traitors, MSN, banksters, etc!
Like that’d ever happen…………
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~ Occams
That’s the problem with these idiotic plans within plans of the Criminal Psychopathic Elites: the minute anything they do is posted on the internet everyone from fearmongers to truth seekers speculates on why, folks read these posts and at the very least understand that they need to wake up…folks I don’t know anyone who hasn’t heard about Jade Helm, including an 81 year old woman who doesn’t even own a computer!
Thus when plans within plans get exposed, these psychos have to “revise” and “update” their plans including the usual sleight of hand (that the aware are also prepared for.)
Very few people I am aware of know as much as the name alone.
~ Cynicles
I live only 45 minutes from Walmart headquaters and have friends that have worked there. I also have an electrician buddy who did work in the tunnels of their HQ. How far they go I don’t know. I do know that back in the 90’s HQ could control just about everything from freezer temps, store temps, lights etc. in any store across the US. In Fayetteville where I live, there are tunnels under the streets tied into the U of Arkansas. Back in the 70’s my brother was working as a pipefitter in tunnels under the city when other tunnels were found that were used in the slave trade. They went from the center of the city to the bay where slaves were on loaded and off loaded. There was a media black out about it. I personally avoid Walmart. Back in the mid 2000’s a close friends wife went into Walmart and purchased something with cash. On the receipt was a thank-you with her name on it! So they were using facial recognition then! I saw the receipt.
“But the military calls the operation a drill in realistic warfare. County officials who spoke with army command said they’d been notified that troops would be operating undercover amongcivilians, testing their abilities to blend in.”
Mossad… “War by Deception”.
I have a friend who works at Walmart who I asked about these closings and he told me that Walmart cuts corners on most of their buildings since they are built in just a few weeks and now the plumbing and wiring problems are too big for them to control and are coming back to haunt them which is why many of them are being shut down temporarily in order to get fixed.
While I DON’T believe his story, this is just what he told me that he has heard. Most likely another cover story or false rumor for Walmart management to tell their employees if they ask any questions.
“Most likely another cover story or false rumor for Walmart management to tell their employees if they ask any questions.”
Agreed.
Off topic:
I sent you an email last night to check out this story:
http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/cop-slams-mom-to-pavement-knocks-her-unconscious-in-front-of-six-year-old-daughter/130423#comment-859688