Who in the Hell Would Want to Takeover Texas!

OK, I'm not going to spend much time on this. Here's some text from a CNN article.  

"Amid unfounded, Internet-fueled rumors that U.S. Special Operations Forces might be trying to take over parts of the southwest, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas State Guard forces under his control to keep an eye on the U.S. military during a large upcoming training exercise.

The exercise is called Jade Helm 15.

"It is important that Texans know their safety, constitutional rights, private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed," Abbott said in an April 28 letter to Major Gen. Gerald "Jake" Betty, commander of the guard.  

Abbott ordered the guard to "monitor" the eight week-long exercise which begins in July and ends in September, across seven states. In Texas, Utah and New Mexico most of the training will take place on private land. In Arizona, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi, much of it will take place on military installations."

Here's a link to the CNN article.

Yes, from the state that has given us Ted Cruz and Rick Perry....oh, yeah, almost forgot, and former-president Bush.

Actually, maybe we should consider putting a fence around Texas to keep them all in one place.


EDIT: May 10, 2015. Here are excerpts and here's the complete opinion piece from CNN.

"A suspiciously sane former state lawmaker, Todd Smith, a Republican, wrote the governor to tell him that his "pandering to idiots" had made him "livid." Although Smith served 16 years in the Texas House, he seems to have salvaged a troubling intelligence. He told Gov. Abbott, "I am horrified that I have to choose between the possibility that my governor actually believes this stuff and the possibility that my governor doesn't have the backbone to stand up to those who do. I'm not sure which is worse."

"But be not afraid, America. We are Texans. We will resist logic and intelligence to the very end."