The Men Who Stare at Goats Page #2

Soldiers with super powers.

We were the first generation

of the New Earth Army.

- Youve got super powers?

- That's correct.

Wait a minute.

What you saying is that you...

...were a Psychic Spy, like Lacey?

We prefer the term "Remote Viewer. "

- How does that work?

- Well, every Jedi had different techniques.

Mel Landau used to visualize packing

all his troubles into a little suitcase,

...to clear his mind.

Steve Cuttle recite Bible verse

which was...

What about you?

I find... I find drinking helps.

And...

And if I'm listening to

classic rock...

- Oh, yeah? Like who?

- I like Boston. Boston usually works.

What other powers did you practice?

Invisibility.

- Invisibility?

- Yeah. That was Level Three.

- Like... actual invisibility?

- Well, yeah, that was the goal.

Eventually, we adapted it to just

finding a way of not being seen.

But once you understand,

the linkage between observation

and reality,

...then you begin to

dance with invisibility.

Like camouflage?

No. It's not like camouflage.

We also practiced Phasing.

Crossing from particle to wave,

from the physical to energy.

Solid objects seem to pass

right through you.

That starts with a breathing exercise.

Then you think black.

That's the nothingness. Got it?

I don't know what the...

Can I be honest with you, Lyn?

I don't know what to make of this.

I don't know what to say.

This is amazing stuff.

I wanna...

- Could I write a story about this?

- Not gonna happen.

Because, I've been looking

for a story, Lyn.

And I was gonna write

about the re-build contracts...

...but this is much better.

This is much better.

- Not gonna happen.

- All I'm saying is we could meet tomorrow

I'm shipping out tomorrow.

- What? You're going home?

- Going to Iraq.

I've been thinking about partnering

with a factory in Al Qaim.

- I could come.

- What?

- I could come, maybe...

- Look, I don't want to be a story.

- I don't need the attention.

- Look, we could change names, stuff...

Look! There's a war over there, Bob!

Do you understand that?

War!

Now, I don't have to be

looking out for you.

You... you wouldn't have...

I'll look after myself.

I've been in some pretty hairy situations.

I'm a journalist, Lyn.

You understand?

A journalist.

I go where the story is.

What is this?

Nothing. I was just doodling.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

The U.S Army doesn't really have

any serious alternative...

...than to be wonderful!

This does not represent

the official position...

...of the United States Army

at this time.

Bill Django.

Who's Bill Django?

The man who wrote that book.

He said it all started when he

fell out of a helicopter in Vietnam.

Move out!

Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go!

Move!

Move it! Move it!

F*** you motherf***er!

- Hey, knock it off!

- Hold your fire!

Chris! Knock it off!

Will you knock it off?

Jesus!

- Medic!

- You'll be alright.

Alright!

What are you waiting for?

What the f***!

Why isn't anyone firing?

Fire!

Every single one of Bill's men

fired high.

They instinctively hadn't wanted

to shoot another person.

Later Bill would come across a study,

which revealed that...

...only 15-20 percent of fresh soldiers

shot to kill.

The rest aimed high,

didn't fire at all,

...or pretended to be

busy doing something else.

I got you, sir.

Stay with me, alright?

I got you.

Hang in there.

Their gentleness...

...is their strength.

While recovering in the hospital,

Bill wrote to the

Vice Chief of Staff for the Army,

explaining that he wanted to go on

a fact-finding mission...

...to explore

alternative combat tactics.

The Pentagon agreed to pay

his salary and expenses.

What Bill hadn't told the Pentagon

...was that he was really looking for

the answer to his vision.

How could his men's gentleness,

...their general lack of interest

in killing people,

...be turned into a strength?

How could love and peace

help win wars?

Bill knew where to go

to find out.

Bill disappeared into the

New Age Movement for six years.

Like all Shaman before him,

he had traversed the wilderness.

Now he was returning to his people,

a changed man.

He brought with him his

confidential report

...which he called:

"The New Earth Army manual. "

The New Earth Army is a banner under

which the forces of good can gather.

The courage and nobility

of the Warrior,

...blended with the

spirituality of the Monk.

The Jedi Warrior will follow

in the footsteps...

...of the great imagineers

of the past:

Jesus Christ, Lao Tse Tung,

Walt Disney...

The role of The New Earth Army is

to resolve conflict world-wide.

Jedi's will parachute into war zones,

utilizing sparkly eyes technique,

...carrying symbolic

flowers and animals,

...playing indigenous music

and words of peace...

What's... What's the

sparkly eyes technique?

Are you ready?

Right.

- Got it?

- Okay.

- You see it? You got it?

- I think, I got it.

As Lyn drove on, I wondered

what the hell I was doing.

I wanted to go back.

This wasn't me, this was crazy.

And so was Lyn.

But, by then, it was too late.

We'd already crossed the border.

What? Does that direct

your powers?

What?

The cone. Does it direct your

psychic powers or something?

No.

It cooks supper.

It's solar.

Utilizing the power of the universe.

No pollution,

totally renewable.

That's New Earth Army technology.

Pretty mind blowing, isn't it?

First time I saw that,

I was like...

- What the f***?

- Yeah. But, well it's...

But what?

It's just hard to believe

the Pentagon paid for this.

There's nothing in here,

actually about fighting?

The New Earth Army was

tasked with preventing conflict.

We're a force of peace,

not war.

Bill understood

if you want to change the world,

...you've got to start

by changing the armies.

He was the guy that started

the research in the non-lethals.

- Non-lethals?

- Check this out.

- The Predator.

- The Predator?

Lyn, that's just a plastic...

You're mine now.

The predator is 100% biodegradable.

It's friendly to the earth

and it can hurt you in a hundred ways.

F***!

It has warrior capacities.

And it looks a little bit funny.

Jesus! Stop it!

- I bought it online.

- F***!

The funny thing is, you could see

this just lying on the ground...

...and you'd never know

that it has such lethality.

Eyeballs.

Goddammit!

Well, I guess it's officially night now.

Piece's a sh*t.

I've got Crohn's.

The steroids help.

Sometimes there's a need, Bob.

Sometimes people are calling

out for something,

...they don't even know

it themselves.

And then a man like Bill

appears out of nowhere,

...because he heard the call.

We are a hollow army, gentlemen.

Vietnam has crushed our soul.

We have to dream a new America.

An America that no longer has an

exploitative view of natural resources.

No longer promotes

consumption at all costs.

But to achieve this dream...

We must become the first Superpower

to develop super powers.

We must create Warrior Monks.

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