The Men — Who Stare At Goats [patched]

That is the real legacy of The Men Who Stare At Goats . It is a story about the American military industrial complex looking in the mirror and seeing a wizard. It is about the intersection of violence and mysticism, and the desperate, lonely attempt to find a way to fight without hurting.

The Men Who Stare at Goats refers primarily to two related works: the 2004 non-fiction book by Jon Ronson and its 2009 feature film adaptation starring George Clooney . Both explore the bizarre, allegedly true history of the U.S. Army's attempts to harness psychic powers for military use. The Feature Film (2009) The Men Who Stare At Goats

As one former interrogator told Ronson: "We stopped trying to kill the goat. We started trying to convince the goat it was already dead." That is the real legacy of The Men Who Stare At Goats