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

[Carl Westberg]

I wonder what airplane they were planning to use?  The Enola Gay?    Carl 
Westberg Jr.


>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:35:28 -0700
>
> >From KPIX-TV (CBS affiliate) in San Francisco at
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2yr9bw
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>Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build a 'Gay Bomb'
>
>(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
>
>"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the 
>tranquil
>and steady dedication of a lifetime."
>
>--Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
>
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