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Nice, I'm glad that our tax dollars are being well spent!

Honestly I think this is one of the best ideas they have had. Seriously. Isn't it better to have soldiers hooking up than killing each other on the battle field. Yes the homophobia is pretty distasteful but less than murder certainly

Thanks for the article. Better than killing even if it is retarded.

That is such a scientifically and ethically moronic idea that anyone who supported it should have been immediately fired...from a cannon.

i suppose the real incorrect assumption is that being made distractedly lustful by an aphrodisiac is the same as being gay.

How about a weapon that makes soldiers chicken out of battle, so they can run for President?

Wasn't there an article recently that also implied a chemical cause of feminization? Some pollutants supposedly caused a decrease in male hormones, reduction of male births, and even gender-bending among fish. Absurd, of course. How did Alexander the Great take over the known world as a gay man if gayness is the opposite of a warlike mind?

This paints one those "priceless" images those commercials are famous for; Osama and Zawahiri renouncing terrorism and spending their days watching Oprah and listening to show tunes. Maybe they'd even be signed by the Bravo Network to star in "Queer Eye for the Al Qaeda Guy"

But seriously... someone in OUR military, supposedly with an education thought we could bomb an enemy into gayness?

We're doomed.

Who would have imagined a gas that makes you laugh hysterically, or one that makes you cry. Who knows what is possible.
It is better that we study the possibility, and any and all possibilities, and come up with a defense, than let the enemy come up with the bomb first and have us caught with our pants down... I mean unprepared.
My bet is the terrorists are studying all different kinds of ways to subdue us, and that one has probably crossed their minds.

Was our military seriously at their last rope? They can't come up with something better than that? I think a few military planners just wanted to come out of the closet for real. I'm glad that they aren't using millions of TAX PAYER DOLLARS for something this stupid!

I think some people have missed the point, and should read the original proposal. (There's a link to it in the Wikipedia entry.) The point wasn't to make soldiers become homosexuals, and therefore they would prefer having sex with one another to fighting. Rather the point was to sexually stimulate the soldiers so that they would lose interest in warfare. But the part about making them gay is necessary for such a weapon to succeed. If you merely smulate the soldiers, but release is unavailable to them, they'll become more agressive, negating the purpose of the weapon. So obviously you must also make them become homosexuals, since that would ensure a ready supply of partners to provide release for the sexual desires you've instilled. It might be a silly idea but the part of the plan relating to homosexuality is perfectly logical if you accept the remainder of the concept.

Frank's right--everybody knows you need to have a readily available partner if you're going to expend your sexual energies. Of course, something tells me Frank Fishel has never been in the men's room of a college dorm or seen a sheet of 2-ply tissue, but that's just speculation.

As to Leonardo, I couldn't agree more. We need to expend our limited resources on every possible avenue, no matter how silly or absurd, if we're going to beat the terrorists. No doubt they've already abandoned explosives in favor of mystical gasses that force us to suck one another's elbows uncontrollably on the battlefield. Darn those terrorists, their billion-dollar research budgets, and their hidden chemical secrets.

What if they are married? Did anyone think of that? Come on we have brilliant people in this world and all they can come up with is a 'gay bomb'. What about those counties where everyone has to join the military. Will the girls turn into lesbians or will they just be attracted to gay guys. Put the tax dollars some place better

I can understand how such a chemical could make a person temporarily hormonally "bisexual", unless this chemical would eliminate heterosexual attraction. Really, this would just be a "Lust Bomb," which would be terribly ineffective. As a gay male, I have never been unable to resist offers of random sex; I remain a virgin. I cannot imagine losing my virginity in front of other people with somebody likely to be anti-gay while an opposing army has its guns pointed my way. I mean, one would have to somehow tell the enemy soldiers that they are all gay and convince them that promiscuity is okay.

I love the idea!! If the technology can be minaturized and then made to last only a short amount of time, we could deliver gay bomblets at voting precints that are known to be heavily republican and create a landslide for the democrats in 08.

The article neglected to mention that it has already been tested on Republican congressmen.

These proposals are so ... problematic that I sincerely hope they were dismissed outright.
First, biological weapons are notoriously non-discriminatory. Look at the angry bee scenario: This is so that the enemy will be fighting bees while fighting us. Do they really think that the bees will only be angry at our enemy?
Second, the "gay bomb" smacks of the typical US military homophobia: that if you let homosexuals into the military, they'll be disrupting the ranks by making advances on the (straight) soldiers. That's probably because the straight soldiers have such a hard time keeping it in their own pants.

Make love, not war? How about a Gay-Nuke. Eveyone gay! Woehoe!!! No war ever again!
Stupid.

Gosh what you all miss is that during actual combat many men BECOME aroused, not unusual at all. So one best be careful about arousing a whole army that way.

This would go along way to aiding enlistment in the Marine Corps. Aren't they always looking for a few good men.

As a lesbian, I think this idea is absolutely rediculous and also insulting to the GLBT community. We are not some random "freaks" of nature and this is making it seem such.

And it is also completely ironic since, in one sense, the military is all anti-gay about their soldiers joining the military to help defend our country and yet they're trying to come up with some drug to make male soldiers want to have sexual endevours with other soldiers. It is completely illogical as well as retarded to think that they can make someone gay with hormones in a bomb form.

I was born the way I am. So are other GLBT people. There's no way you can create something such as this to make people gay. You're either born with it or not and I personally feel that this is a waste of the American peoples' time and money. We could be putting our money better elsewhere -- i.e. college funds/education for our country, healthcare, etc.

If any of you believe this could work, you are just as rediculous as our President.

If someone used this against us instead, that would be the end of the American military, thanks to Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

I think this is great, it promotes "Love not War", makes sure everyone is happy and all get along, AND, and this is the most important part of it all, There will finally be an excuse for men to experiment while they're in the armed forces without being penalized (no pun intended)!!!

If gay bombs are outlawed, only outlaws will have gay bombs.

WHAT !!!! LMAO

Where can I get this "gay bomb?" I am curious and would like to try it out.

They tested one of these in San Fransisco.

" and b) homosexuals are more interested in sex than duty "

They did not say homosexuality would distract the enemy from their duties.

"a chemical aphrodisiac" means their increased interest in sex would distract them from their duties

I think the writer just wants to create controversy over the subject

Consider the source: the US Air Force! They've been wasting our tax $$ for many years! The rest of the armed forces are just trying to get the job done with outdated technology and limited training. I suggest we get rid of the USAF and use that money for our troops that are willing to defend us! Semper Fi!

Are Americans retarded? Yes, they prove to be, over and over! Thank you!
USA might be the number one country in the world economically, but socially and educationally, it's way way behind...

Unbelievable!

Actually, when you come to think about it, it is quite possible to create such an aphrodisiac. It would be unnecessary to turn the men gay. Few men are completely straight in the first place. They lie somewhere on a spectrum. Given the right amount of impetus, they can be forced to be distracted by the chemical.

But for such a chemical to have an effect, it has to be exceedingly strong and it mustn't break down in the environment too quickly to have a lasting effect. Both present problems of their own - the same that plagues any other biological or chemical weapon. After all, how do you know that a strong gale of wind at an inopportunate moment won't turn your own weapon against you?

Would that be a W.A.D. (Weapon of Ass Destruction)?

I read marvin bush is ceo of the company that sells chemicals to make this bomb and neil bush is a silent partner in charge of the slush fund ? alberto gonzalez a ex enron laywer is also involved, carl rove thought up the idea and arnold schwartzenegger donated 1 million dollars .I heard A new gas animates allah

I read marvin bush is ceo of the company that sells chemicals to make this bomb and neil bush is a silent partner in charge of the slush fund ? alberto gonzalez a ex enron laywer is also involved, carl rove thought up the idea and arnold schwartzenegger donated 1 million dollars .I heard A new gas animates allah

Do whatever you can. Don't let ur own ppl shed blood. Don't shed others' blood.

The Gay Bomb I reckon is such a great idea. I reckon the US DoD such spare no effort and resources to make sure it is developed and ready for deployment. First turn the enemy soldiers to become homosexuals, then pray hard , God would then intervene and Zap them all like He did at Sodom. Hit two birds with one stone, get rid of your enemies without needing to fire a shot, also show that God is on our side, will help lost sheep to return to His fold too. Only the good Christians in the US DoD can come up with this amazing idea( perhaps God-inspired?)
Only catch: Stay down wind in case you are caught by friendly fire and become co-lateral damage. :)

I think it is a great idea. Better gay than dead.

w.a.d...priceless

well first off the weapon is a pipe dream
perpetuated by gullibility...and the fact that "military intelligence" is an oxy-moron

and as any "straight" man will tell you better dead than gay

I don't find the idea all that strange. Fact is most men are pigs and need little to no encouragment in the first place. The guys in prison that are banging the hell out of each other are not what you would call Gay either but that doesnt stop them from turning to what is available. Add to that a chemical that makes them uncontrollabley aroused, No you wont turn them Gay but that doesnt mean they wont all be out behind the barracks either. They would indeed be distracted and there wouldnt have to be a title or lable, they simply wouldnt care. In the 80's we called this MDA in the 90's Ecstasy. Im thinking I want a little vial of this the next football game I go to

to haha,,,,, the phrase "Straight Man" is an Oxymoron

Ok, to everyone really thinking that this will work: I´m in the german military, we have gays and (really!) they perform just as good as straigt men. $7.5 mil going to flinders here.

Having served 20 yrs in the military, let me enlighten some "str8" folks. Ever hear the term "On the DL?" Oh yeah, the
"str8" guys have already been exposed and are doing just fine. Better off dead than gay, I think AND know NOT! :)

Having served 20 yrs in the military, let me enlighten some "str8" folks. Ever hear the term "On the DL?" Oh yeah, the
"str8" guys have already been exposed and are doing just fine. Better off dead than gay, I think AND know NOT! :)

Having served 20 yrs in the military, let me enlighten some "str8" folks. Ever hear the term "On the DL?" Oh yeah, the
"str8" guys have already been exposed and are doing just fine. Better off dead than gay, I think AND know NOT! :)

Ha! This is too good. Honestly though, after everything that I have read about bio-warfare, I guess a gay bomb isn't too bad of an idea. Much better than mustard, chlorine, anthrax, etc. You could be blown up to bits, have blisters on your skin and in your lungs, or have great fashion sense and match your sucide belt and shoes to your Louis Vutton edition AK-47.

I know, they'll develop a pheromone that will make the enemy soldiers have an uncontrollable need to become gay male flight attendants (and the really butch ones pilots). Then they'll bring in airplanes to which the gay flight attendants will be chased by pheromone addled bees.

Then last of all they'll get snakes, hide them in the luggage compartment of the plane, spray pheromones on the snakes to make them become unusually aggressive and add Samuel L. Jackson to the mix.

Oh wait, maybe that's the plot of an upcoming movie. I probably shouldn't have revealed those spoilers.

That idea sounds like if the Army has no values.

I recomend the army not to use those kind of weapons because, the enemy will use them too. Fight like a man with honors!