[Vision2020] Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'

[Glenn Schwaller]

You sure that wasn't on Dale's website as well??

On 6/12/07, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> >From KPIX-TV (CBS affiliate) in San Francisco at
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> http://tinyurl.com/2yr9bw
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> Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build a 'Gay Bomb'
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> (CBS) BERKELEY, Calif. A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military
> spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a
> hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and
> make them more interested in sex than fighting.
>
> Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS station KPIX-TV in San
> Francisco that military leaders had considered, and then subsequently
> rejected, building the so-called gay bomb.
>
> Edward Hammond, of Berkeley's Sunshine Project, had used the Freedom of
> Information Act to obtain a copy of the proposal from the Air Force's Wright
> Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio.
>
> As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal
> suggested, "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be
> strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual
> behavior."
>
> The documents show the Air Force lab asked for $7.5 million to develop such
> a chemical weapon.
>
> "The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a
> chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their
> units break down because all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive
> to one another," Hammond said after reviewing the documents.
>
> "The notion was that a chemical that would probably be pleasant in the human
> body in low quantities could be identified, and by virtue of either
> breathing or having their skin exposed to this chemical, the notion was that
> soldiers would become gay," explained Hammond.
>
> The Pentagon told KPIX-TV that the proposal was made by the Air Force in
> 1994.
>
> "The Department of Defense is committed to identifying, researching and
> developing non-lethal weapons that will support our men and women in
> uniform," said a DOD spokesperson, who indicated that the "gay bomb" idea
> was quickly dismissed.
>
> However, Hammond said the government records he obtained suggest the
> military gave the plan much stronger consideration than it has acknowledged.
>
> "The truth of the matter is it would have never come to my attention if it
> was dismissed at the time it was proposed," he said. "In fact, the Pentagon
> has used it repeatedly and subsequently in an effort to promote non-lethal
> weapons, and in fact they submitted it to the highest scientific review body
> in the country for them to consider."
>
> Military officials insisted Friday to KPIX-TV that they are not currently
> working on any such idea and that the past plan was abandoned.
>
> Gay community leaders in California said Friday that they found the notion
> of a "gay bomb" both offensive and almost laughable at the same time.
>
> "Throughout history we have had so many brave men and women who are gay and
> lesbian serving the military with distinction," said Geoff Kors of Equality
> California. "So, it's just offensive that they think by turning people gay
> that the other military would be incapable of doing their job. And its
> absurd because there's so much medical data that shows that sexual
> orientation is immutable and cannot be changed."
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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