The U.S. military rejected a 1994 proposal to develop an "aphrodisiac" to spur homosexual activity among enemy troops but is hard at work on other less-than-lethal weapons, defense officials said Sunday.i wonder why it was rejected? did they have any doubts whether they could chemically induce homosexuality? or were they worried if newly gay enemy troops showed no signs of moral problems? for a pentagon just getting past the whole gays in the military kerfuffle, what an embarrassment that would prove to be!
The idea of fostering homosexuality among the enemy figured in a declassify six-year, $7.5 million request from a laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for funding of non-lethal chemical weapon research.
The proposal, disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information request, called for developing chemicals affecting 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," said the document, obtained by the Sunshine Project. The watchdog group posted the partly blacked-out, three-page document on its Web site.
Lt. Col. Barry Venable of the Army, a Defense Department spokesman, said: "This suggestion arose essentially from a brainstorming session, and it was rejected out of hand."
and yet, the "gay bomb" is not end of the pentagon's brainstorming genius:
Another idea involved creating "severe and lasting halitosis" to help sniff out fighters trying to blend with civilians.but who's job would it be to "sniff out" the halitosed enemy? the article, unfortunately, gives us no clue why this idea was rejected.
