These tricks only work in the presence of a mind.
Posted on 02/25/2011 9:59:57 AM PST by MplsSteve
Is the Pentagon trying to control Sen. Al Franken's mind?
While mind games might not be involved, an article in Rolling Stone magazine has alleged that the military ordered a team of soldiers fluent in psychological operations to manipulate Franken and other senators into supporting more funding and troops for the war in Afghanistan.
The story prompted Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, to order an investigation Thursday into whether the "psy-ops" team in Kabul directed by Lt. Gen. William Caldwell improperly targeted U.S. officials.
"My job in psy-ops is to play with people's heads, to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to behave," Lt. Col. Michael Holmes, a member of the team, told Rolling Stone. "I'm prohibited from doing that to our own people. When you ask me to try to use these skills on senators and congressmen, you're crossing a line."
Franken said Thursday that nothing out of the ordinary occurred during his January 2010 trip with Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin to Afghanistan, where he met with Caldwell.
"I didn't think there was anything unusually manipulative during my time in Kabul, but even if there had been, it wouldn't have been successful," Franken, D-Minn., said. "My perspective on Afghanistan wasn't formed because of that single trip.
He said that while that was his first trip to Afghanistan as a senator, "it was my fifth trip to the country since the war started, and I've learned that to get a clear sense of what's happening on the ground you have to talk to everyone from privates to generals."
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I doubt this is possible. There is not to work with Franken.
You know this is total bs, because it is based on mind control, since we all know Al has no mind, the story is BS.
LOL!
Great movie!
I'm guessing he was chosen because he has the weakest mind and thus the easiest to influence.
BTW, if the psy-ops doesn't work, I won't object if they waterboard him.
According to my connections, they’ve actually been trying to make Franken NORMAL for the last 5 years and they have met with total failure. If they can’t make progress by 2015, that part of the program will be canceled.
Franken has nothing to fear... ya gotta have at least some “psy” before you can be “ops”.
These tricks only work in the presence of a mind.
The Men Who Stare at Old Goats?
Well, Franken has stopped wearing diapers, so they seem to have had some effect.
Excellent! “Eliminates Dissent” ... [^ )
What about goats that stare at men?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh2BcYh1TTk
Has Al Frankenstein made any pro military votes? If so, is this the excuse he is trying to use on his base? Hypnotoad made me do it?
The one plus concerning Al Franken..
He’s visited the troops numerous times.
The quote from Franken is wrong. He actually said, “You have to talk to people’s privates.”
Can’t wait to see his smiling face on the cover of the Rolling Stone.
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