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If in 18 Cruz holds an exercise in which Mass is declared to be hostile territory how secure will you feel?
I'm not even understanding what your asking here exactly, BamaD. Normally you do ask questions I can understand. So I'm going to take an educated guess on the question and try to answer it, OK?
If Massachusetts was declared a 'hostile' place on some training exercise for the US Military, I really wouldn't be 'flying off the handle' in rage or insanity. Yeah, as a typical 'Masshole' I would inquire with the folks from the Military what they are doing. Getting all the normal questions out of the way. Asking for clarification on military slang or acronyms (The US Military loves its many acronyms). I can't really speak how others in the state might react to it.
I could give you an comparison to what it might look like. A few years ago our Federal Representative tried to explain the Affordable Care Act in a 'town hall' style meeting (similar to the Bastop, TX video with that Lt. Colonel. While the majority of the people were civil and mature, the conservative ring wingers behave like a bunch of children. They were distracting, rude, threatening, and obnoxious. The person is just explaining what the law is and does; not staying why they support the law.
Needless to say the Representative doesn't do these 'Town Hall' meetings anymore. They and others have to spend more time with the conservative 'children' then the adults whom are mature and civilized and wished to have information on what ever issue was currently being discussed.
So you would do the same thing that Texans are doing. You just put it in a different light when you do it.
No, I agree with those folks that asked reasonable questions. The other 2/3rds of people in that room in Bastop simply displayed a fear and ignorance of the reality. Its one thing to ask what the purpose of training is for. Its another to question whether FEMA will put people into concentration camps. Since FEMA is not doing anything with the training exercises.
Meaning, its one thing to seek questions to reasonable answers. Its another to let fear control your thoughts on something totally imaginary. The grand majority of people around here have no problem with the US Government or the US Military. The folks in Texas have problems with both organizations apparently. Just as apparent that they have been sucked into believing wild stories and concepts about both organizations enough to erode even a fair level of trust.
Wrong.
They don't trust politicians, who does. You have too many preconceived unfounded notions about what us hicks in flyover country think, like the opposition to Obama is based on race. Most of them are BS. What you see them as distrusting government and with no foundation the military. We see you as longing for big brother.
ALL THE QUESTIONS at the town meeting in Bastop, TX were directed NOT to the politicians sitting in chairs. But to a Lt. Colonel in the United States Army. Last I checked, members of the US Military can not hold elected positions in government. Therefore, (if we are using logic), Lt. Col. Mark Lastoria is NOT a politician. Tell me this is not a hard concept for you to comprehend?
The politicians were there because its town government; they are required to be there. Their presence was not just because things were required, but to interject as needed when they could supply better information. Also, to keep things moving and keep order.
What do I think about 'fly over hicks' in Texas? Nothing really....
How you choose to present yourself, ultimately dictates the image I'll see of you. You show the signs of someone suffering from paranoid schizophrenia; I'm not going to treat you as someone 'in full awareness of reality, their body, their mind, and their actions/words'. There were questions being asked that had...NOTHING...to do with the training exercises even in the least. Unlike the persons asking the question, the Lt. Colonel was a professional. The military understands that folks in that area are wary of the US Government. So rather than insulting and sending them some 2nd Lieutenant. They sent a Lt. Colonel. That's to show respect.
'Big Brother'? Is that....REALLY....your best argument now? Its a training exercise, nothing more. That you are inputting wild fantasies and conspiracies is not my problem, but yours. I know one guy that lives in the 'hostile' area of California. He really doesn't have any problems with the training exercises. He actually looks forward to it (he's a military buff that loves photography). An he, like you, is a conservative voter. However, unlike you, he lives in reality. Long before I posted this thread, I asked him about it at length. He's not a modern day conservative whom is told what and how to think by a political group of people (that don't give a shit about them) on just about everything from hand soap to nuclear winter. He stated he has no reason to disbelieve the Lt. Colonel or the motivations of the Pentagon. He said he might hold a BBQ for those guys; just to say 'thank you'.
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We all have concerns about that. I would guess your solution would be to put more gun restrictions on me. 
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