US Military's New "Bombs" -- Make the Enemy Gay and Give Them Halitosis

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 10:43am

You really couldn't make stuff like this up, even if you tried.....


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military rejected a 1994 proposal to develop an "aphrodisiac" to spur homosexual activity among enemy troops but is hard at work on other less-than-lethal weapons, defense officials said Sunday.


The idea of fostering homosexuality among the enemy figured in a declassified six-year, $7.5 million request from a laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for funding of non-lethal chemical weapon research.


The proposal, disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information request, called for developing chemicals affecting human behavior "so that discipline and morale in enemy units is adversely affected."


"One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior," said the document, obtained by the Sunshine Project. The watchdog group posted the partly blacked-out, three-page document on its Web site.


Lt. Col. Barry Venable of the Army, a Defense Department spokesman, said: "This suggestion arose essentially from a brainstorming session, and it was rejected out of hand."


The Air Force Research Laboratory also suggested using chemicals that could be sprayed on enemy positions to attract stinging and biting bugs, rodents and larger animals.


Another idea involved creating "severe and lasting halitosis" to help sniff out fighters trying to blend with civilians.


The U.S. military remains committed to developing less-than-lethal weapons that pass stringent legal reviews and are consistent with international treaties, said Captain Dan McSweeny of the Marine Corps, a spokesman for the Pentagon (news - web sites) unit spearheading their introduction.


"We feel it's very important to offer our deployed service members and their commanders a greater range of options in dealing with increasingly complex operational environments," said McSweeny, of the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate.





Pentagon Spurned Plan to Initiate Enemy Homosexuality

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 11:37am

I give them props for creativity.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 5:32pm

Sounds like an idea from the desk of Bill Clinton.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 5:54pm

Wait a second, I don't get it...

They are trying to make the enemy gay? And this will help them win how?

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 5:56pm

LF- It's better if you don't ask.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 5:57pm

Now I am confusifyed. CURSE YOU GOVERNMENT!

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 5:59pm

It might just be a slight gulch in data.

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 6:00pm

Hehe! :)

[CatieElphie1]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 9:07pm

is this kinda like that Death Ray that Hitler wanted to invent?

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 9:10pm

See.

Why help people battling poverty?
THIS is how tax money should really be spent.

Updated On: 1/17/05 at 09:10 PM

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 9:13pm

This has got to be the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard of in my life. Jeez!

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 2:53am

I don't know which is more riddled with ignorance: the military's plot or gotham's post in this thread.

Besides, there already exists such a "gay chemical"--a six pack of beer.

Updated On: 1/18/05 at 02:53 AM