Can Magicians be used in war?

Magic One

During World War II, Maskelyne was a great innovator for the allies and he applied the principles of stage magic to the battlefront. It's a shame to see so much ignorance on display here. Much of the techniques of modern camouflage owe their existence to Maskelyne's techniques.

This kind of implementation would be more difficult applied to terrorists because of the way they operate. But I am sure that some of this knowledge could be valuable in this effort.

srtfugitiverecoveryagency

Hi, Magicians have been used in combat since the dawn of time. And surprisingly they are still being used. In fact during WWII there was a unit of magicians that specifically have done everything from hide canals to hiding whole units. Hope this helps some. ....... Shadow Stalker

kingdomoflights

Yes and they probably are beig used but not effectively yet.

mindworms

magicians of nowadays wars are conspiracy theorists and media.
in the WWII deception was used to hide what shall be hidden and show mockups. none of the terorists group yet has the air recoinnaisance capability, so why blame them this way?
PSYOPS is the key word for today's winning the mind of civilians and enemy.

Chris N

Yes, it is logical to employ magicians as Soldiers. You would have to hide their special gift, but I'm sure they could pull the trigger as good as any backyard mechanic.

lakaria_2000

I like if it is possible. Hopefully lord of the rings character and star war will come to help.

R. Gyle

it would take a LONG time to saw all the enemy troops in half

FOA

sure its called psych opps

Deep Thought

Um... no. But, I believe this is your card!

gregory_dittman

Sort of. The U.S. has driverless vehicals used to trick the enemy into blowing up a truck with nobody in it. Both sides use scare crows (dummys dressed up as somebody on their side).

maybe to entertain the troops!

guitardan

no, but a well trained marine can do magic on some terrorist ***!

lishepchorba

I'm assuming that you mean the traditional "pull a rabbit out of the hat" kind, and not the actual "potion and spell" kind.

Sure, I don't see why not. They would probably make great infantry! ;-)

Aside from that, I don't know if there are many new "tricks" that they can share with the military. How much slight of hand can there be?

Chances are that whatever they shared at an earlier time is about all that they have to offer. The techniques are the same, it is just that the techniques might have to be used in a little bit more hi-tech ways. It's all in the application of them.

mar036

PLEASE GO BACK TO WHEREVER YOU CAME FROM

Moche

you watched too many harry potter movies

Pro Bush

WOW you have to be a liberal.

owen_r_miller

i cant stop laughing a your stupidity, magicians aren't real they are illusionists. and this war should be over by now ,anyways they were never used in WWI or WWII where did you hear that? from the guy in Ur closet? I'm sorry that was out of line but no they cant be used because they're magic only work in their home country.

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