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The Pentagon tried to psychologically manipulate U.S. senators

Rolling Stone magazine revealed that the U.S. Defense Department. UU. attempted to use psychological manipulation tactics to get American senators to send more money and troops to Afghanistan.

The orders came from General William Caldwell, who is responsible for military training of Afghan troops. The list of people chosen as targets of these actions was quite broad and include Sens. John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Jack Reed, and the Chief of Staff Overall, Admiral Michael Mullen, the Czech ambassador in Afghanistan, the German interior minister and some influential analysts.


The leader of the unit responsible for the so-called 'information operations' in Kabul, Lt. Col. Michael Holmes, said he was ordered to identify "pressure points" to influence the senators and other officials visiting Afghanistan. "My job is to play with the brain of people to convince the enemy to act as we desire. I have no right to do this with our own. If I am asked to use these powers with senators or congressmen, cross the red line, "said Holmes.

For refusing to obey orders from their superiors, Holmes not only received an official reprimand, but also faced some false accusations created artificially. For example, according to Rolling Stone, the heads of the lieutenant colonel tried to accuse, without any evidence of inappropriate behavior such as drinking and having sex with a subordinate.

The U.S. Defense Department indicated that psychological operations (the use of propaganda and different psychological tactics to influence emotions and behavior) can be used only against "foreign hostile groups." The use of such tactics citizens of their own country is not allowed under U.S. federal law.

magazine as needed, this case shows the desperation of command of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in its attempts to persuade politicians to support an unpopular war. According

said El Mundo, a possible departure of General Caldwell further complicate the war in Afghanistan, starting from a situation in itself disturbing enough, and lacking some 750 foreign instructors to train and train Afghan security forces and tactics General Petraeus expeditious increasingly less adept in Afghanistan. In addition, This week one more country, Denmark, has joined the list of states this year plan to start withdrawing its troops from Afghan soil.


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