The 'Texas takeover': Chuck Norris vs. Jon Stewart

Marine Corps Times — Thu, 07 May 2015 10:25:20 -0400

From: Marine Corps Times

Who better to monitor a military exercise in Texas than Chuck Norris?

Operation Jade Helm 15, a Special Operations Command training exercise, has sparked heated buzz about a potential military coup in the Lone Star State.

And television's Texas Ranger is the latest critic to admit that the exercise has him worried.

"Concerned Texans and Americans are in no way calling into question our brave and courageous men and women in uniform," Norris wrote in a recent op-ed for WND.com. "They are merely following orders. What's under question are those who are pulling the strings at the top of Jade Helm 15 back in Washington. The U.S. government says, 'It's just a training exercise.' But I'm not sure the term 'just' has any reference to reality when the government uses it."

Last week, citizen concerns prompted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to ask the Texas State Guard to keep an eye on the summer exercise — a decision that comedian Jon Stewart called "adorable" in pitting the state's part-time Guard troops against the vastly superior firepower of U.S. Special Operations Command.

Or as Stewart described it: "Like an 8-year-old picking a fight with the Predator."

On his show Monday night, Stewart made clear he's had enough. "There's no Texas takeover!" he said. "Enough of the fear mongering. These types of exercises have been going on in Texas for years, right?"

Stewart noted that during Gov. Rick Perry's tenure in 2001, the training exercise Operating Roving Sands involved more than 15,000 troops from all branches of the military, and did not attract much attention.

So what's changed?

"America elected a brutal socialist Muslim Kenyan ineffective Harvard-schooled constitutional professor agitator warlock," Stewart said, tongue planted firmly in cheek.

Norris has a more intricate theory.

"I think it is more than coincidental that the FBI director just confessed in February that the presence of ISIS can be felt in all 50 states of the U.S. and that the Pentagon is suddenly running its biggest military training exercise with every branch of the military across seven Southwestern states," Norris said.

"Whether deterrence, display of power or something more covert or devious, let's not come with any patronizing nonsense of impotence and simplicity when its origin is in Washington," he went on.

Stewart's riposte to that: "You have a choice to make, and when you make it just remind yourself — and I never thought I'd be saying this — what would Rick Perry do?"

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/entertainment/2015/05/06/chuck-norris-warns-of-texas-military-takeover-jon-stewart-warns-otherwise/70881982/

Response by CSM David Heidke made May 7 at 2015 10:33 AM

CSM David Heidke — Thu, 07 May 2015 10:33:04 -0400

I wouldn't denigrate the ability of the National Guard, especially in the state of Texas where 90% of baptism gifts are firearms.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made May 7 at 2015 10:36 AM

PO3 Steven Sherrill — Thu, 07 May 2015 10:36:48 -0400

Americans have seen, heard, and felt our constitutionally guaranteed rights being gradually whittled away by those in power on both sides of the aisle. We The People are growing more and more agitated with this. Things like Jade Helm in which Spec Ops soldiers are being trained to fight in an urban setting on American soil is viewed as the next step.

I have nothing but respect for our brothers and sisters in arms, this is a statement about the top of the pyramid pissing on those of us at the bottom. With active duty military personnel caught in the middle.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made May 7 at 2015 10:36 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 07 May 2015 10:36:53 -0400

I don't see why this is such a big deal. The Military has run training operations of this size for years and nobody has ever worried about it. Now that they are aware they want to show concern what do people think we do. This is just bad publicity and a good example of how the media will write anything that pertains to controversy.

Response by CSM David Heidke made May 7 at 2015 10:54 AM

CSM David Heidke — Thu, 07 May 2015 10:54:03 -0400

And as for "adorable."

Mr. Stewart should realize that if for some crazy reason the United States Army exchanged gunfire with the Texas National Guard, the entire fabric of the country would be torn apart. Whether they were wiped out or not. It would certainly cause a crisis not seen since 1861.

Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made May 7 at 2015 10:57 AM

SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. — Thu, 07 May 2015 10:57:10 -0400

Folks..

It ain't the Texas National Guard...
It's the Texas State Guard

https://txmf.us/texas-state-guard

Texas State Guard - Texas Military

The Texas State Guard is one of three branches of the Texas Military Forces, Adjutant General of Texas and the Governor as Commander-in-Chief.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 7 at 2015 11:09 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 07 May 2015 11:09:25 -0400

Response by SGT Anthony Bussing made May 7 at 2015 11:41 AM

SGT Anthony Bussing — Thu, 07 May 2015 11:41:37 -0400

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 7 at 2015 12:30 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 07 May 2015 12:30:00 -0400

I'm in the Texas national guard . . . if they told me I could have the opportunity to watch those SOC badasses play I would take it in a heartbeat and be drooling the entire time . . lol

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made May 7 at 2015 12:35 PM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Thu, 07 May 2015 12:35:08 -0400

Well, it's official! It's a good thing we had Fox News to warn us and Chuck Norris to protect us from the scary government!

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