Feb 05 2009
Pharmacracy to increase its presence on the battlefield
With increased knowledge of how the brain works and the ever increasing pharmacratic state, the military is plowing full speed ahead to figure out how to alter the minds of U.S. soldiers, as well as the enemy.
The National Research Council drafted a report for the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency a few months ago titled, “Emerging Cognitive Neuroscience and Related Technologies.” The focus of the report was basically to determine neuroscience technologies and knowledge of the mind’s functioning will affect the police and military. (Just a quick aside - there is no such thing as the mind and so we can never know the functioning of something that does not exist. The brain is a different matter.)
According to report co-author Jonathan Moreno, “It’s way too early to know which — if any — of these technologies is going to be practical, but it’s important for us to get ahead of the curve. Soldiers are always on the cutting edge of new technologies.”
It is believed there is widespread use of drugs such as Ritalin and Modafinil among U.S. soldiers to fight against combat fatigue. The report says new and more powerful drugs will be available for that and many other purposes. There is already usage of drugs to keep soldiers awake and alert for days at a time.
The report also details how pharmaceuticals could be used to attack the minds of the enemy. It states, “Drugs can be utilized to achieve abnormal, diseased, or disordered psychology” and “How can we disrupt the enemy’s motivation to fight? Is there a way to make the enemy obey our commands?”
Among the suggestions are “pharmacological landmines,” where weaponized drugs are deployed when disturbed. Also, in a bit of updated Orwellian thought crime, the authors are optimistic that neuroimaging technologies could be used to scan the motivations, plans and memories of enemy soldiers or civilians at checkpoints. How soon before the technology would be turned on their own “disloyal” citizens?
Interjecting some ethics into the debate, Hugh Gusterson of George Mason University stated, “I think most reasonable people, if they imagine a world in which all sides have figured out how to control brains, they’d rather not go there. Most rational human beings would believe that if we could have a world where nobody does military neuroscience, we’ll all be better off. But for some people in the Pentagon, it’s too delicious to ignore.”
If history is any lesson, these drugs are already being tested out on U.S. soldiers on the battlefields, most likely without their knowledge. The story on Wired featured the disturbing thought on the minds of many Pentagon researchers, “If we can alter the brain, why not control it?”
There are millions in the U.S. alone who have been convinced by the pharmacratic state that they cannot exist without taking some sort of prescribed psychoactive drug. Every one of those drugs is being used to unnaturally alter the brain, the next step is control.
Sources: Natural News - Big Pharma’s Drugs to be Weaponized to Fight “Mind Wars” on future battlefields February 2, 2009
Wired - Uncle Sam Wants Your Brain - August 13, 2009
