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The book "Men Who Stare at Goats" (no idea about the movie) is a terrifying look at the weaponization of the technique turned on the American public.

You have to read between the lines: most people believe the CIA really was exploring use of ESP against the Soviets. Very, very few understand that it was a successful propaganda operation against the American public. Those few also have a clue how we were collectively convinced that invading Iraq would be a really good idea.




Recently read this after seeing your recommendation on the Project MKULTRA thread. Very entertaining and eye opening, appreciate you pointing me to it.


Thanks for the note.

I had to read the book three times before I figured out what was going on.


Do you have any recommendations for other books on the subject? I'm planning to read "CHAOS,""Poisoner in Chief," and "Weird Scenes from the Canyon" but always open to more suggestions.


They were studying the human mind, and the esp angle was just a subset. The propaganda techniques are also a subset. Hence it is wrong to say the former was fake and it was just the latter. They were doing it all, and seeing what stuck.(mkultra/artichoke, etc) Maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment, could you elaborate on your meaning?


You only know what was published about it. Guess who decided what would be published about it.

You have been played. You have two possible responses, denial and understanding.

Before deciding, consider how you are still being played. The project was a huge success, and has expanded beyond the dreams of its proponents.

Iraq is proof. They even got people thinking that torturing people was a great idea. To this day nobody has been prosecuted for that.


The greatest psyop was that perpetrated against their own disbelievers.

The very same people who were outraged over the CIA fabricating pretext for war against Iraq are completely uncritically accepting of the CIA's pretexts for war against Syria.

It's stunning.


Are there pretexts for war against Syria?

I know they launched cruise missiles, once. Haven't heard of invasion plans.




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