This one would have slipped under the cracks if it weren’t for MemeOrandum…

Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A ‘Gay Bomb’

Hank Plante
Reporting

(CBS 5) BERKELEY 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 subsquently rejected, building the so-called “Gay Bomb.” …”

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“… 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 soliders to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistably attractive to one another,” Hammond said after reviwing the documents. …”

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“… Military officials insisted Friday to CBS 5 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. …” – CBS5.Com

While I applaud the Pentagon and our Government leaders for working hard to figure out ways to win armed conflicts without spilling a drop of blood in the process, it is probably a good idea to scrap this one. When I was in the military, I recall some of the most “gung-ho”, butt-kicking troops I knew were gay. Not to mention, picture the use of a weapon of this sort against an integrated military like our own, where you’ve got “Joe” in one foxhole, “Sally” in the next one, and “Fred” in the one next to “Sally’s”, and “Sally” and “Joe” are involved in a relationship…

And so then, the “bomb” drops, “gay gas” begins to waft through the air, and BOOM — “Fred” runs and jumps into “Joe’s” foxhole — they make passionate love, as “Sally’s” heart is shattered forever. Or, would “Sally” simply run and dive headfirst into “Lisa’s” foxhole; “Joe” nothing more than a distant memory for her; same, conversely, in “Joe’s” case? Or would they all wake up the next morning feeling “dirty” and ashamed? Wouldn’t that make this a “dirty bomb”, were the latter the case?

The more I think about it, the more I think it would be a much better idea for us to simply elect some frigging DIPLOMATS to the Oval Office this next time around…

Other bloggers this article has touched a nerve with and/or were caused to engage in relentless laughter: Taylor Marsh; Democratic Daily; Donklephant; Jules Crittendon (Far Right); Outside The Beltway; Pam’s House Blend; Dvorak Uncensored; PoliBlog

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