Reality is Nuttier than the Onion
Please, someone tell me this is a hoax or an urban legend or something. But it does appear to be a legit Reuters story (via Reason):
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 on Sunday.
The idea of fostering homosexuality among the enemy figured in a declassified 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.
I am speechless.
dearieme:
They probably thought that it would make it easier to kill two guys with one bullet.
January 25, 2005, 10:40 amSammler:
Well, it's only from "Reuters". I would await "confirmation".
January 26, 2005, 2:10 am