Here's a great example of why you
can't believe everything you see on the Internet. In this case, a blog calling
itself the "Intellihub - Civilian Intelligence Agency" reported about something
it has absolutely no knowledge of, and as a result getting the story completely
wrong.
In a May 18, 2015 post titled
Alert:
Hundreds of military Humvees spotted heading towards Cleveland, Ohio shows
a train with military vehicles passing through the Cleveland, Ohio area, and
the story claims "The train was heading towards Cleveland for unknown reasons
although a possible connection to planned upcoming protests has been
mentioned." The "planned upcoming protests" are not actually planned as there
is no posted date, but are related a pending verdict of police officer Michael
Brelo who is on trial and awaiting the verdict for the November, 2012 shooting
of a black couple who police thought had shot at them, resulting in a massive
chase and 137 bullets being fired at the unarmed couple, killing both. Although
many officers were involved, Officer Brelo is the only person facing murder
charges.
The problem is, the writer clearly has no
idea that military vehicles, both war-damaged and in need of upgrades and
overhauls, routinely go through the Cleveland, Ohio area on route to Lodi, Ohio
where they repaired and upgraded, then shipped out again. I have seen these
trains several times, with broken glass and other damage, and in one case a
military vehicle was completely covered, for which I concluded it may have been
hit an IED, meaning a roadside bomb, thus the vehicle was covered out of
respect for American casualties, their families and the American people. After
an overhaul, the vehicles are shipped out of Lodi, Ohio and back to military
bases domestically and internationally.
The article
has one accidental redeeming value - although it does not state it, it does
show how much Americans fear their own government. Overall, the article is a
failure because the bloggers did not their due diligence researching the story.
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