Parrot! warriors?? (see details-no disrespect to the people of Japan is intended)?

Question

Can God use parrots for the purposes of affecting man's warfare?
Yes! Here's how:
Quote-
"Where the (Imperial Japanese Army-1942) officers tended to use exhortations and promises to keep the men moving, the NCO's within Sawa's company relied on their sharp tongues and well-placed blows to drive their charges forward. Their exhortations had become so pervasive that the parrots perched in the trees above began to mimic the bellowing human taskmasters below. "Hey! Private! Keep moving!" echoed through the jungle on the ground and from above. While some thought it was funny, no one laughed when the annoying birds screeched out another common phrase, "Hikoki!" ["Enemy Planes!"]. It did not matter what the source was, this fearful warning sent officer and enlisted alike diving for the nearest cover, a fact that only added to the misery of all concerned and further slowed their advance."
{At the time, they were marching through the Guadalcanal jungle to meet their foes, the U.S. Marines

Taken from "Victory Into The Fire" by Stephen Coonts-copyright 2003 ISBN 0-812-56168-6

I posted this before in another catagory, and didn't get too much response-so I'm reposting.

Answer 1

Hi Josh,
While I can see how you might think the jungle parrots were interpreting what they heard and using it for their own or someone Else's reason, there is a core truth to what is going on here.
Parrots have a natural ability to repeat what they hear. But unless you use certain techniques in order to teach them the meaning of what they are repeating, they are simply making noise.
There is a method to teach parrots how to understand what we say. Dr. Irene Pepperburg created the "Model-Rival" technique in order to train parrots to understand what it is that they are saying. The model-rival technique is extremely effective and has been adapted to assist teachers in teaching autistic children.
However, it takes massive amounts of time to teach this to parrots.
I doubt very much that the Servicemen involved in your story had the time or the training in order to teach those parrots to say what they did to understand what they were saying.
It is an absolutely charming story and I thank you for sharing it.

Answer 2

WOW THIS IS NEAT PARROT HISTORY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND I PLAN ON SHARING IN MY PARROT GROUPS I BELONG TO.