Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'

[kpete]

Jun 8, 2007 9:03 pm US/Pacific

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."

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"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.

more at:
http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_159222541.html

[jpgray]

1. The Pentagon perhaps misinterpreted all the "make love, not war" signs

[krispos42]

But... but... homosexuality is a CHOICE!!!

Ted Haggert sez so!




_{and he's still 100% straight!}

[krispos42]

5. Argh! I have no post number!!!!!

Damn you, 'Preview' button!!!!!!!!


:rofl:

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[deadmessengers]

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[HCE SuiGeneris]

23. delete

[uppityperson]

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Posting the same thing repeatedly is spam, and especially when what you post has nothing to do with the topic you post it in. Start a new topic and post your request there. Rules are found through a link at the bottom of each page. Look down. Read them. Follow them.

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[MNDemNY]

3. Was it just "house music"???

[lildreamer316]

31. LOL!! n/t

[Sabriel]

58. Nope, it was '70s porn music

It also makes you grow a mustache and lots of body hair. Le Rowr Rowr!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. If it works, can we set one off at Pat Robertson's church?

[Kurovski]

60. No need for such strong fire-power.

All that's necessary for that mission is a 'Clear out the Closet' bomb.

[ReverendDeuce]

6. Drop one of these on Fred Phelps...

Yeah!

[Bolo Boffin]

7. 1994???

This was after Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

:rofl:

What a buncha maroons!

Come here, enemy....

:patriot: :grouphug: :loveya: :hug: :spank: :bounce: :evilgrin: :grouphug: :dilemma: :rofl: :spray:

[whistle]

8. How about just issuing split red silk shorts to the enemy

[Double T]

9. The 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Bomb courtesy of the brilliant minds.........

in the pentagon. What will these geniuses come up with next?

[rodeodance]

10. the military gave the plan much stronger consideration than it has acknowledged.

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."

[William769]

11. Simply FABULOUS!

[rodeodance]

12. this was only 13 years ago@@

[RL3AO]

13. If this was true

the Republicans would have made a straight bomb by now.

[demnan]

15. Is Mel Brooks listening?

That would make a great comedic Broadway musical.

[MADem]

20. It's an SNL skit that writes itself, that's for sure! NT

[Kurovski]

62. It would make a great gay porn movie.

Just think of the friendly fire scene where both sides lay down arms to get down with the gettin' down.

Peace at last in the happiest ending ever.

Working title: "Emissions Accomplished."

[MADem]

65. With that working title, you'd just have to find room for a character in a flight suit!! nt

[Kurovski]

70. Who perhaps looks vaguely familiar? Uni-brow? Dopey demeanor?

I think it's about time for gay porn to move into social commentary.

[Skip Intro]

16. Why not something like ecstacy or peyote - some euphoria inducing drug - and give it to BOTH sides..

and then let's find a better way to spend our time and money than killing each other...

[riderinthestorm]

17. I cannot believe the utter ignorance and stupidity of this proposal

I am dead cert the military KNOWS that there are MANY active duty fighting - yes fighting! dammit right now.

Being gay or straight doesn't mean anything about whether one will be a good soldier. :argh:

This has got to be from the Onion, somebody please tell me this isn't serious.

[EOTE]

94. I don't think that's quite what they're suggesting.

I don't think the military was suggesting that merely turning the opposing soldiers gay would be enough to make them ineffective in battle. Rather, I think they were looking to make an extremely strong aphrodisiac that would have made their fellow soldiers so attractive to them, that it would have been distracting enough to make them less effective in battle. At least, that was how I interpreted it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Did they offer a with "La Cage aux Folles" DVD with it?

How about a "Decorating in Pink" volume?

Only the Pentagon could dream up such idiocy. Oh, wait...I forgot the geniuses at CIA.

[xchrom]

19. they have one - it's called the NAVY.

[Bluebear]

21. Unfuckingbelievable. This from the United States of America?

I'm so proud. :sarcasm:

[libodem]

22. What?

And I suppose someone with binoculars would have to observe the merriment. What is with the gayphobeness? You would think that the Abu Grab prison guards had never seen a butthole. Was that sick? Everyone stacked up, on top of each other, with their asses on display. I don't think any country portends to fear and loath homosexuals so much and yet are so curious and eager to explore all things gay. Is it just queer to me? The homophobes doth protest, too, much! A gay bomb.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

24. What happened to the "killer" joke?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dMXbUtM_pQ

[Oeditpus Rex]

77. Joke warfare was banned

in a special session of the Geneva Convention after peace broke out in 1945.

The last remaining copy of the joke was laid to rest in the Berkshire countryside, never to be told again.

:patriot:







My dog's got no nose.

[BR_Parkway]

25. But if our military gets around gay people, it would totally destroy unit

morale....so the "enemy" would win, at least according to all the Bushbots with today's talking points over ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

Besides, don't they know by now the easiest way to get a straight guy to "go gay" is beer? So much cheaper than dropping bombs on people. Hmm, maybe I should put in a proposal to the Pentagon, see if they'll give me $3,000,000 to study that one!!

[The Backlash Cometh]

26. Hmmm...can gaydar be far off?

[Robb]

97. Developed already, by the English in the 1940s

Although from time to time it has been known to be a little off. :D

[Warpy]

27. THIS horse shit is why the Pentagon needs to have its budget halved

Let them get all those deep thinkers they think they have putting some thought into things that will defend this country, not play games overseas. Let them concentrate on research fueled by data, not by bigotry.

We can't afford to keep lavishing our housing, education, health care, and retirements on these assholes in return for NOTHING.

[Bluebear]

28. Word. nt

[tandot]

29. WOW. I had to check to make sure it isn't from The Onion.

They spend my hard-earned tax money on such utterly stupid shit? This is so embarrassing. A chemical that turns people gay??? Who comes up with such absurd proposals??? Fred Phelps???

[Ishoutandscream2]

66. Me too!

This is just so indescribable. Is this really how they are spending our tax dollars? Jesus!

[Bluebear]

86. Me too. nt

[lildreamer316]

30. This is a joke, right?

Where am I again?

What world is this?

I think the spaceship dropped me off on the wrong planet.

:crazy:

[Maven]

33. More "military intelligence"

Hmm.

[hootinholler]

34. Snaps for thinking outside the box!

:rofl:

-Hoot

[Poll_Blind]

35. If our troops are ever attacked by a Gay Bomb, gay men and women...

...in our military might just have the best chance of fighting off its effects!

PB

[fightthegoodfightnow]

36. And They Call Folks Who Say that AIDS was a Conspiracy - Nuts

What does it say about our mliitary that they are so afraid of homosexuals that they consider us the ultimate weapon?

[BlueIris]

74. Um...

I wouldn't call anyone who knows the history of the pandemic nuts for noticing the conspiratorial way the Regan administration refused the assist the CDC and other groups in their quest to educate the public, begin more substantive research into HIV and effect prevention and treatment strategies that could have started saving and prolonging more lives sooner. That obvious conspiracy killed millions.

But...seriously...the epidemiological history of the disease is well-documented. The government didn't create HIV.

[MilesColtrane]

37. Wasn't this premise used on an episode of "Get Smart"? eom

[alfredo]

38. It would make the next Republican debate more interesting.

[krispos42]

50. It would make the next Repub CONVENTION most interesting!

Live on C-SPAN, too. Old flabby white men in a daisy-chain orgy.

Ugh.

[Kurovski]

64. Isn't that just a fair description of a typical cabinet meeting?

[krispos42]

89. Well, usually they're doing it on a bed of lobbyist money

This time it would be all over the Xcel Center

[Kurovski]

92. I'll never again be able to eat a tossed salad for the entirety of my days on this Earth.

[rug]

39. Gaydar woulf give an early warning.

[Cooley Hurd]

40. Dammit! I'm still waiting for the "Nude Bomb!"

[eridani]

41. That could backfire

Remember the Spartans?

[LostInAnomie]

42. Can you imagine how pissed the unsuspecting guys they tested this on were

The walk in thinking it will be just another ordinary day and the next thing they know they are in the middle of a frenzied all male orgy.

Honey, you'll never guess what happened at work today...

[Blue State Blues]

43. First "the nude bomb" and now this.

Would you believe Maxwell Smart headed up this operation?

At least the nude bomb was fictional.

[nashville_brook]

44. isn't that called XTC?

[Warren DeMontague]

46. You mean the band? nt

[OneBlueSky]

45. and these are the people in charge of our massive military??? . . .

about as smart as the crew in the White House . . . i.e. not very . . .

where do they find these people? . . .

edit: on second thought, this could open a whole new prowling ground for us gays . . . maybe they'll make a commercial version? . . . you know, something you slip into a guy's drink? . . . hmmm . . .

[Warren DeMontague]

47. I found him. And I have to say, he's IRRESISTABLE!

He's THE BOMB!

[Botany]

48. How about putting a whole bunch of young men together w/ no women

and sending them out to sea for 6 months? That might do it.

[TroubleMan]

49. They also tried a "bad breath" bomb:

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18524823.800

What would really be funny is to drop the gay bomb and the halitosis bomb at the same time.

[NuttyFluffers]

51. ... and then debt slave them with an air drop of IKEA credit cards!

:7

sure brings new meaning to "some one set us up the bomb" now doesn't it?

oh to have that much money idling about to dream up such ridiculous things. maybe i should've joined the military R&D dept. i'm sure there's prototypes for weaponized fake doggie doo-doo.

[and-justice-for-all]

52. Is this another 'Onion' gag!!?

I mean really, A Gay Bomb?? Just because it makes someone more interested in sex does not mean Gay Sex!

More Moes in the World, How tragic that would be(sarcasm); Be fruitful and RaveOn Bitches!!!

[LeftishBrit]

53. ROTFL!!!! You're sure that isn't from the Onion?

Actually if such a weapon works, it might have its uses - for the peace movement! Get all sides shagging each other, and stop the war! Yes... I like that idea.

[Enrique]

54. I love the smell of Gaypalm in the morning

it smells like...

[Kurovski]

68. ..."Poppers. poppers...poppers will make them sleep."

[PurityOfEssence]

91. Clorox

Although Mamet has a character that says it tastes like Junior Prom...

[Buns_of_Fire]

55. I think Orson Bean once suggested an Orgone Bomb

Completely orientation-neutral, it would just cause people exposed to it to have orgasm after orgasm and thus lose their will to fight (but probably not their will for a cigarette).

Can you imagine what would happen if the technology fell into the wrong civilian hands?

• Drop one over the Capitol. Watch C-SPAN cover those debates and two-minute statements!
• Slip an orgone-mickey into the WH water supply. It'd make Chucklenutz' next press conference a lot more interesting.
• Can you say G8 Conference?

(Edited because the prospects made me so giddy I lost my ability to construct a sentence.)

[Blue_Tires]

56. wow...that's crazy

[formerrepuke]

57. As a taxpayer I find this is more infuriating than funny....but then,

the list of national grievances is already soooooo incredibly long.

[Rex]

59. Now, I have heard everything.

Does the Pentagon EVER do ANYTHING productive for our society? HAVE they ever done anything good? Ever?

[NashVegas]

61. Wow. Curious to See This Back in the News, Isn't It?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2955369

(That's from 01/05)

[guitar man]

63. they abandoned the project though

...when they discovered it didn't work on soldiers, only sailors...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e8oWKMnKU8


:rofl::rofl:

[jollyreaper2112]

67. G-bomb

You! I wanna send you a gay bomb! I wanna send you a gay bomb! Gay bomb gay bomb wooo! *guitar riff* Let's start a war! A nuclear war! With my gay bomb gay bomb

Now does anybody know electric six or will this just fly over everyone's heads?

[Kurovski]

69. Is it "Sex Bomb"?

I don't know who the artist is.

[jollyreaper2112]

71. nope, it's "Gay bar"

You'll see it usually in a flash video with Bush and Blair making moon eyes. "You! I wanna take you to a gay bar! Take you to a gay bar! Gay bar, gay bar WOOOO!" Total flamer band but a very funny song, especially in this context. The original video the band produced is like a thousand times worse.

[Kurovski]

72. Thanks.

That's pretty funny. :D

[jollyreaper2112]

75. the video should be on youtube

I'd search for it myself but I'm behind a firewall and don't want to give the other sysadmin the wrong idea. :)

[MADem]

78. Tom Jones, the one and only!

http://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Jones/_/Sex+Bomb

[Kurovski]

79. The sound of testosterone.

So nice.

[pepperbear]

73. 3 elephants in the room.......

1. if a chemical can cause homosexual behaviour, that negates the "choice" argument.
2. if a chemical can cause homosexual behaviour, look for this to become a way to "cure" it.
3. the fact that homosexuality is viewed by the "Pentagram" as a weapon is very ominous. not funny at all.

[jollyreaper2112]

76. you forgot something

4. You just know some MIT students are going to slip this in the punch at a school function. Plot point for Revenge of the Nerds anyone? :)

[GA_ArmyVet]

80. This is just too stupid and insane

to take seriously...I know I should, but this is so utterly ridiculous that I can't help but think of the Pink Panther movie, one of the sequels was the "Naked Bomb" or something similar which made everyone naked...I just can't believe it received any serious consideration.

[ToeBot]

81. Wasn't it the military that introduced LSD to the world, all in an attempt to weaponize it?

Look how that turned out. Now, what's the causative element in these so called 'Gay Bombs'?

[GA_ArmyVet]

82. The old joke

in the Army for as long as I have been in was that if the enemy developed a bomb to destroy paper we were doomed. I know I shouldn't but I am still laughing that anyone in any position of authority considered this as a realistic, feasible option.

[Recursion]

85. Mincing gel, of course

Don't you watch the Simpsons?

[Recursion]

83. Meanwhile, I was sent to Iraq with woodland camouflague, no armor inserts for my flak jacket...

...and an ammo belt that still had the bloodstain from whoever wore it in the Vietnam war (seriously).

Nice to know the Pentagon has its spending priorities straight...

[Telly Savalas]

84. Well, with a budget of only five hundred gazillion dollars a week,

they gotta make some tough choices.

[whoneedstickets]

87. I wonder if GAYDAR is a Defense Dept. Invention too?

[Oeditpus Rex]

88. Obviously intended to eliminate the British 2nd Armored Division

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_iH1GhM2j8&NR=1

:D

[samq79]

90. WTF...this is messed up

"Hey...you know what would strike fear into our enemies? We could make them gay...that would destabilize the economy and kill off the lineage, and after a few generations, we could go in, blaring disco music and giving away Appletini's if they put down their weapons."

Assholes. There is so much wrong with that concept that I'm offended on behalf of homosexuals. First, to my knowledge, there is no chemical or drug on earth that "makes you gay." Also, what good would it do if there was? Would they just surrender? Narrow-minded assholes.

I love this country, but some of my countrymen are imbeciles.

[NoGOPZone]

93. Jeez, and I thought some of the CIA's ideas on how to kill Castro were ridiculous.

[Marnieworld]

95. Is this where the phrase "You're da bomb!" comes from?

:rofl:

How in the world would this do anything even if it worked? How could you control who gets affected and who doesn't? Couldn't someone still shoot a gun with an erection regardless of the stimulation? They are assuming that previously straight identifying men would just succumb to impulses without any resistance? If everyone is all just horny and happy how would that break the unit down? Wouldn't it be stronger because everyone is in agreement and satisfying each other?

I don't subscribe to the belief system that all homophobia is just suppressed homosexuality but I have to think that there were a lot of meetings about orchestrating gay orgies. Can you imagine the brain storming involved? "Gee Bill, we know where your head is now."

[The Inquisitive]

96. "Make Love, Not War!"

hehe, I find that rather amusing. I'd propose that weapon be developed, and then measures be taken to make all militaries world wide coed if possible.

I can see it now on CNN in 20 years. "it's been 1 month since the DPRNK overran the DMZ. The battle for Seoul mysteriously ended today turning into a city wide orgy"

hehe, imagine that baby boom. It would make post WW2 look like nothing.

[triguy46]

98. this is a joke, right? What's the punchline?

This is a Dan Quayle "murphy brown" moment. "...strong aphrodisiacs..." Exactly what might those be? What chemicals are available that cause homosexual behavior? this is ludicrous.

[Initech]

99. OK, who put Wile. E. Coyote in charge of our military?

This sounds too funny to be real!

[shireen]

100. brings a whole new meaning to "MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: