Test nonlethal weapons on U.S. citizens, official saysI have an idea: let's strap Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne down on a table and aim several microwave weapons down on him, particularly his genital area. Then turn on the weapons and walk away for the next several days.By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated PressWASHINGTON - Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before they are used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.
Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions in the international community over any possible safety concerns, said Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne.
"If we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation," said Wynne.
"(Because) if I hit somebody with a nonlethal weapon and they claim that it injured them in a way that was not intended, I think that I would be vilified in the world press."
The Air Force has funded research into nonlethal weapons, but he said the service isn't likely to spend more money on development until injury issues are reviewed by medical experts and resolved.
Nonlethal weapons can weaken people if they are hit with the beam.
Some of the weapons can emit short, intense energy pulses that also disable some electronic devices.
These people just don't get it: that they are providing all the reasons why some out there are actively imagining hurting and killing "them".
Let's put it more succinctly: we have much more to worry about from President Bush and his administration and too many of our own military leaders than we ever have from Osama Bin Laden, the president of Iran and all those "terrorists" out there.
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