Jade Helm – Medill National Security Zone http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu A resource for covering national security issues Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:20:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Remember the Alamo? Poll shows GOP voters torn as to whether Texas is under military attack http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/blog/2015/05/19/remember-the-alamo-poll-shows-gop-voters-torn-as-to-whether-texas-is-under-military-attack/ Tue, 19 May 2015 13:00:50 +0000 http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/site/?p=22036 Continue reading →]]> According to a May 14 story on Texas’ KVUE.com, a poll by a “left-leaning polling firm” found that 32 percent of would-be voters in the Republican primary feared that the Jade Helm 15 military training exercise was actually a government conspiracy to invade Texas. The conspiracy theory, notably backed by actor Chuck Norris, has garnered national attention, despite the fact that civ-mil training exercises take place on a regular basis throughout the U.S.. This piece did a great job of tracking the national political implications of a local military story that happened to pick up national traction.

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