The CIA faked Vampire Attacks in the Philippines to scare leftist guerrilla forces:
The CIA chose to exploit the Huks belief in the aswang, a vampire-like monster, Filipino folklore said to drain the blood of humans. Back in the 50s, residents of rural Philippines still very much believed in and feared the aswang, so Lansdale took advantage of this. A unit of Hukbalahap rebels had taken up a prime position on a hill in Luzon. This was the perfect opportunity for Landsdale to deploy his psywar tactics. When the unit went on patrol at night, Lansdale ordered his people to silently grab the last man in the group, puncture his neck in two places, hang him upside down to drain his blood, then throw his body back out on the trail, a covert and gruesome action. The rebels, of course, returned later to look for their missing comrade, only to find an exsanguinated corpse that looked like the victim of an aswang attack. While this might seem like an odd tactic, believe it or not, it worked! The very next day, the frightened rebels fled their hilltop position, losing one of their greatest advantages.Although it only took one fake vampire attack to scare the Huks away from that location, it wasnt the end of things. Lansdale deployed more psywar techniques, such as painting menacing all-seeing eyes on homes in villages where he suspected Hukbalahap rebels were hiding in the night and broadcasting messages from low-flying planes to make the rebels believe spies were in their midst. In May 1954, the Hukbalahap surrendered and the rebellion was over, and Edward Lansdale is largely credited with putting an end to it. While his fake vampire attack wasnt the only event to end the rebellion, it stands out as one of the strangest tactics used against Cold War combatants.
Sounds like a hero to me. Idk if the cause was just but he did things in a way that minimalized bloodshed.
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Cid- "looks like that overgrown lobster just got served!" Bartz-"with cheese biscuts AND mashed potatoes!"