Adam Piore in Newsweek - Psyop: The Love’s Not Mutual: The U.S. military is using Metallica and the ‘Barney’ theme song as instruments of coercion in Iraq.
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.Metallica I could handle, but the Purple Menace?