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Weapons of Musical Destruction
Besides withering laboratory plants and spawning liability lawsuits, heavy metal "music" gives Iraqis the heebie jeebies. Also, as far as Psyops go, it's as sophisticated as Sesame Street and Barney. Of course, it doesn't function quite that way in our more culturally evolved society...
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The U.S. military is using Metallica and the ‘Barney’ theme song as instruments of coercion in Iraq
NEWSWEEK
May 26 issue — Your parents aren’t the only ones who hate your music—some Iraqis hate it, too. U.S. military units have been breaking Saddam supporters with long sessions in which they’re forced to listen to heavy-metal and children’s songs. “Trust me, it works,” says one U.S. operative.
THE IDEA, says Sgt. Mark Hadsell, is to break a subject’s resistance by annoying that person with what some Iraqis would consider culturally offensive music. The songs that are being played include “Bodies” from the Vin Diesel “XXX” movie soundtrack and Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.” “These people haven’t heard heavy metal before,” he explains. “They can’t take it.” Few people could put up with the sledgehammer riffs of Metallica, and kiddie songs aren’t that much easier, especially when selections include the “Sesame Street” theme and some of purple dinosaur Barney’s crooning.
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This was done in Panama, as well - Noriega cracked under the strain. And you'll recall the Waco fiasco - same schtick.
I wonder if the stuff we listen to is actually a sort of dissociation tool used by media conglomerates to confuse us.
nah....no way.
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