Pentagon sexes up the battle
By Jules Crittenden
Saturday, January 15, 2005
The Gay Bomb, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed yesterday, was a proposal floated by Air Force researchers to render enemy troops ineffective by rendering them homosexual:
``Category # 3: Chemicals that affect 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.''
" `Gay Bomb' is not our term,'' said Marine Capt. Daniel McSweeney after the unorthodox proposal was brought out of the Pentagon closet by a watchdog group called the Sunshine Project. "The United States observes chemical weapons treaties.''
Besides, noted Charles Heyman of Janes Information Group, there has always been the fear of blowback - the threat that a weapon meant for the enemy will end up disabling one's own soldiers.
"You don't know what the effect will be on your own troops. It's incredibly dangerous.'' Heyman said.
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