Fire Lt. Gen. William Caldwell

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Lt. Gen. William Caldwell ordered psychological operations against visiting congressional delegations to manipulate them into giving the Pentagon more troops and more money for the failing war in Afghanistan.

Caldwell's actions are disrespectful, dangerous and illegal, and he should resign immediately. If he does not, the president should fire him.

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[EdDuMonde]

Henri, I'm with you. give me a break! PsyOps? that's a little bit of a stretch. Show some real evidence that is anything beyond an intense sales pitch...

Should you want to talk about PsyOps, talk about advertisements by pharma companies, and the withholding of information about medications. Or the campaign of misinformation by so many politicians in the U.S. Or the lack of information in this little presentation.

You folks are quickly losing me...

[rethinkafghanistan]

@EdDuMonde See my comment in response to monsoonm1n. There are black and white laws about the use of resources budgeted for information operations and psyops, and Caldwell's reported activity clearly violates them.

[monsoonm1n]

PsyOps? Give me a break. Absent deprivation, hypnosis, coercion and/or psychotropic drugs, how did these matters rise beyond the level of attempting to create a powerful PowerPoint Presentation?

Is this really intended as news, or is it an attempt to encroach on Comedy Central's turf?



Henri Pol

[rethinkafghanistan]

@monsoonm1n

Using resources budgeted for information/psychological operations to message U.S. citizens is illegal on it's face. It's a simple matter of law. It's blatantly illegal, and the fact that it was done by the military to manipulate members of Congress into providing more funding for war makes it very alarming. Even if the use of psy-ops personnel and expertise had zero impact on the outcome of the funding decisions, the use of those resources in that kind of attempt is illegal.

[grendelcatt]

Fire him hell, court martial his ass !...

[lunchmind]

yet another implication of the US occupation of Afghanistan and the way it's conducted.Just who IS this war benefitting?

[legomonster49]

Gen. Caldwell is doing a great job in Afganistan!!!!!

[legomonster49]

You guys need to lay off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scnortje]

You did so

much for Afghanistan,plus your troops.You the most honerible person i ever saw.Bravo

[abram730]

@bangtizzy The do make good puppets.. I've heard jokes about how easy it is.

Here is one joke

watch?v=d3xlb6_0OEs#t=2m10s

[abram730]

Illegal.. yep.

This does pale in comparison to DC and what is done in the private sector.

See lobbyist, campaign funding, bribery, gifts multi million dollar jobs.. ext

The century of self is a good documentary and worth watching.

Politicians is essence have tossed the military into the meat grinder for their own profit and that isn't new. Look at the locations of military bases and oil resources. How many oil corps even pay taxes?

Smedley Butler wrote a book on it.

[FalseCausality]

Honestly considering that the congressmen would have supported the war even if they were fully aware of the circumstances. I don't see this as much of a story.

[XtremePacifist]

The US Empire is one big Psy-Op, and it's number one tool is the flag.

[Sporkmater]

@rethinkafghanistan What laws DC?

Also consider this. The U.S. Army’s Special Operations Command announced Friday that their special warfare center has no record of training Lt. Col. Michael Holmes in “psychological operations.” In an interview, Lt. Col. Holmes said he received training in information operations and how to use the psychological operation techniques but never claimed to have been trained as a psy-ops officer.

[bronxboy47]

@EdDuMonde

Be honest, we never had you to begin with. 

[thebattlesandthewar]

Psyops is VERY real. And actually used on varying levels to average citizens for varying reasons. Dont be naive.