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Lt. General William Caldwell is not one of the people who – as the song says "Wanna see my picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone." The magazine reported that Caldwell ordered the Army’s psychological weapons of war to be illegally used on visiting members of Congress and other VIP’s. The goal was to manipulate them into giving the Army more money and troops for Afghanistan, which is obviously the cash cow of the military industrial complex.
These are the real life "Men Who Stare At Goats," who were trained to use these weapons against the enemy, but instead found themselves studying trading cards of the visiting V.I.P’s the better to."get inside their decision loops find pressure points," and wondering what to ‘plant inside their heads.’
Many in the unit protested that the operation was illegal, and found themselves ignored, targeted and harassed. The only option was to go public when even the Pentagon refused to acknowledge or address their concerns, the reason for their seeming lack of concern is now crystal clear. It may sound hyperbolic, but the Rolling Stone article may well have saved the lives, or at the very least the military careers of the whistle blowers.