I personally draw a distinction between the gigantic-sized stuff the US federal government does (military and wars, fiscal and monetary policy, taxes, transfer payment programs) and the medium-sized stuff (HUD, EPA, FCC, etc.)<p>The medium sized stuff can be steered by the adminstration in power.  The people you elect can exert influence in those areas, I mean.<p>But the huge stuff is out of their control.  The military especially is very interesting to me because no war just happens spontaneously.  It&#x27;s all got to be planned years in advance.  In that context, where does a Jade Helm fit in?<p>Anyhow, regardless of what you think of the loudmouths regarding Jade Helm, that campaign was certainly odd in its conception both in terms of size and setting.<p>What possible valid reason would the US military have for doing large scale trainings in US urban settings?  I don&#x27;t mean that question in a conspiracy sense.  I mean, logically speaking, why?  The military has the tactics and hardware to engage in urban settings down pat.  Just training for training&#x27;s sake?  That&#x27;s nonsense.<p>I&#x27;ll leave the speculation as to the &quot;real&quot; motives for Jade Helm to the more frothy-mouthed.  What I know after-the-fact was there was an odd&#x2F;confusing move by the military, followed by a terrible sales job by the stuffed shirts in power that led inevitably to a failed&#x2F;cancelled campaign.  It reinforces my point that the power structure seems to be creaking here.