Admiral Steele and the Fedayeen aren't the only ones adept at meta-psychological warfare.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/19/13340828/hillary-clinton-debate-trump-wonThis article makes the case that Hillary Clinton's debate strategy was based on a psych profile of Donald Trump that would make Al-Dawa proud. It involved predicting topics and turns-of-phrase that Mr. Trump would find aggravating, and then deploying said topics mid-debate to subtly throw him off his game and goad him into emotional responses.
Of course, no direct comparison with Freespace or Blue Planet was ever made (filthy casuals), but the parallels are clear to well-cultured observers such as ourselves. Trump, as easily provoked as he is, would no doubt be a prime target for influence by the Vishnans. If you've had the creeping sensation that this election is happening in an alternate universe, this should be the proof you need.
Despite her psy-ops success, it isn't yet clear whether the Clinton campaign has access to a Cassandra-style prediction asset. If so, how will she use this to deal with foreign adversaries and improve our economy? I hope Wikileaks (Granite Hunter, is that you?) can clear this up for us.
Finally, let's talk about ISIS. Trump - despite his predictability - has a penchant for advocating "sneak attacks" against ISIS. He thinks this is how we should have started the offensive in Mosul (not possible, but hey), and has mentioned this general idea in campaign speeches for over a year. Why is he so obsessed with sneak attacks?
If you think about it, the answer is obvious.
ISIS has a red asset, and Trump knows.
Game, set, match, reality.
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Let's make sure this thread doesn't devolve into political argument. I understand there is discussion of the U.S. presidential campaign in the off-topic forum; I'm more interested in how we can relate this sort of psychological campaigning to the Blue Planet universe.