Uploaded November 2009 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago
Did the Pentagon really try to create a group of real-life Jedis in 1979 called the First Earth Battalion who could walk through walls, kill goats using only their thoughts, and turn themselves invisible? And were these super soldiers reactivated to help win the Iraq war? Jon Ronson, the British reporter who wrote the book THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, says this is all completely true, and that some of the First Earth Battalion's teachings are being used right now in the war on terror. Whether you believe that or not, Ronson's book is now a movie, also called THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, a very funny look at what the military is willing to try to win wars.
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Did the Pentagon really try to create a group of real-life Jedis in 1979 called the First Earth Battalion who could walk through walls, kill goats using only their thoughts, and turn themselves invisible? And were these super soldiers reactivated to help win the Iraq war? Jon Ronson, the British reporter who wrote the book THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, says this is all completely true, and that some of the First Earth Battalion's teachings are being used right now in the war on terror. Whether you believe that or not, Ronson's book is now a movie, also called THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, a very funny look at what the military is willing to try to win wars.
For more ReThink Reviews, visit rethinkreviews.net
