Pentagon Considered a Gay Bomb
Posted on June 11, 2007
Of all the insane ways that the U. S. government would like to spend taxpayers' money, this has to be in the top five. The Pentagon has confirmed that it seriously considered spending $7.5 million to create what is being called a "Gay Bomb." The Gay Bomb would be a chemical weapon laced with an aphrodisiac and some chemical that could instantaneously turn opposing troops gay. The theory was that the heretofore manly troops would drop their weapons to bat their eyelashes at that cute Marine fighting next to them. The idea did not receive funding, but was seriously considered.
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 5 that military leaders had considered, and then subsequently rejected, building the so-called "Gay Bomb."So now the Pentagon assures us that it is not actively creating any more Gay Bombs. Not to be paranoid or anything, but remember Donald Rumsfeld and the Office of Disinformation? Rumsfeld told the press about the new department, which caused such a hue and cry that he later said that it had been disbanded. But had it really been disbanded? Or was that just the first order of business to deny its own existence? And is the Gay Bomb project really dead? If we suddenly get footage of well-dressed Iraqi insurgents who seem more interested in redecorating Baghdad than killing the troops of the Great Satan, it will be very suspicious.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 irrisistibly 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 CBS 5 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 CBS 5 that they are not currently working on any such idea and that the past plan was abandoned.