TSawyer2112
09-13-2006, 10:13 PM
Air Force chief: Test weapons on testy U.S. mobs
Sept. 12, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before being used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.
The object is basically public relations. Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions from others about possible safety considerations, said 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."... Entire Article (http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/12/usaf.weapons.ap/index.html)
Apparently he's not worried about being villified by the citizens of this country! The more I read this idiotic last paragraph the madder it makes me! I have about had it with our government trying to fight PC wars! :flame:
Sept. 12, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nonlethal weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on American citizens in crowd-control situations before being used on the battlefield, the Air Force secretary said Tuesday.
The object is basically public relations. Domestic use would make it easier to avoid questions from others about possible safety considerations, said 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."... Entire Article (http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/09/12/usaf.weapons.ap/index.html)
Apparently he's not worried about being villified by the citizens of this country! The more I read this idiotic last paragraph the madder it makes me! I have about had it with our government trying to fight PC wars! :flame: