The Men Who Stare at Goats is a 2009 British-American war parody comedy film directed by Grant Heslov. It is a fictionalized version of Jon Ronson's 2004 book of an investigation into attempts by the U.S. military to employ psychic powers as a weapon. The film revolves around Bob, a newspaper reporter who sets off to Kuwait to cover the ongoing war after his wife leaves him. He gets more than he bargains for when he meets Lyn Cassady, an ex-U.S. Army Special Forces operator.