RDTrains Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 And our resident tin foil hat guy Balco and our idiot governor fell for it. AUSTIN -- Russian bots helped fuel fears in Texas over the Jade Help military exercise three years ago in a test by Moscow that led to a misinformation campaign in the U.S. electoral process, the former CIA director asserted Thursday.Michael Hayden, in an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe show, said the Jade Helm controversy in 2015 was stirred by the Russians as a test to see how much influence they could exert through online means.After Gov. Greg Abbott put the state guard on call to monitor the federal training exercises, Hayden speculated that the Russians decided to expand their disinformation campaign.Hayden, a retired Air Force four-star general who also ran the National Security Agency under President Obama, appeared on the show prompting his new book. "They took their game to North America in 2015, and I won't belabor it here but there was an exercise in Texas called Jade Helm 15 that Russian bots and the American alt-right media convinced most — many — Texans was an Obama plan to round up political dissidents," Hayden said on the show. "It got so much traction that the governor of Texas had to call out the National Guard to observe the federal exercise to keep the population calm. At that point, I'm figuring the Russians are saying 'We can go big time' and at that point I think they made the decision, 'We're going to play in the electoral process."Hayden said the Jade Helm misinformation campaign affirmed that they could use cultural and political splits to generate controversy in the United States -- a strategy that reports indicate they have continued to use to sow division on other issues since then, including in the 2016 presidential election. Abbott's office had no comment. https://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Former-CIA-chief-Russian-bots-fueled-Jade-Helm-12885230.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiavelli Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 They're amazing at propaganda but I wonder if we're not also luring them into a false sense of security by letting things like this happen and feigning outrage. I have to believe--after the Snowden revelations---that we're still a step ahead in the technology game. But.......who really knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybagadonuts Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 Balcy will be checking in here soon. That’s the lock of the decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Lingus Posted May 3, 2018 Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 "the chron" said it so it must be true lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDTrains Posted May 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 The Houston Chronicle is now part of the part of the vast Left Wing Conspiracy? Geez, who knew? BTW, there are many sources for this. Google is your friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRevolver Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Yep. No surprise at all that Balco fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Guy lets Russians manipulate him. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balco Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Told you motherfuka’s UWEX AKA Jade Helm was a training exercise for civil unrest and or Martial Law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybagadonuts Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balco Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 KJoey, you should be worried about utopia socialism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybagadonuts Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Why would anything called utopia worry me, pal ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiavelli Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Utopia will never quite happen. I get that liberals wish they could make it happen, but it is becoming a fear mongering tactic by Conservatives to paint Liberals as week. We'll always have this push n pull approach and a hybrid of capitalism with some socialist qualities. We're NEVER going full socialist in the US. Nope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balco Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Utopia will never quite happen. I get that liberals wish they could make it happen, but it is becoming a fear mongering tactic by Conservatives to paint Liberals as week. We'll always have this push n pull approach and a hybrid of capitalism with some socialist qualities. We're NEVER going full socialist in the US. Nope!Never say never when George Soros/Obama/Bill Ayers are their running progressive agenda shit show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiavelli Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Never say never when George Soros/Obama/Bill Ayers are their running progressive agenda shit show. I understand....and I do think folks default far right when it's far right v far left for sure. And I do appreciate the strong conservative guard that keeps us from going too far left. With that said, you have to admit that there is strong fear-mongering and propaganda that the right uses, among them is scaring people into believing that we will go into socialism while they pursue utopia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeman Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 So what's the conclusion assuming the story is true? That russia is bad, or americans are stupid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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