Test Weapons on American Citizens to see if they are safe for the enemy!!!

Some of the bloggers I check out sometimes use the initials WTF. I am not exactly sure what that means but if it means what I believe it does, even though I don't use that language, I say WTF !!?

Test weapons on American citizens to make sure they are safe to use on the enemy? In crowd control situations? What kind of crowds are they expecting that require the use of weapons against citizens? And why?

I don't know about you folks but I do NOT like the sound of this at all. This is the sleaziest excuse I've ever heard from anyone except the Unholy Three. Considering the horrific weapons that have been used in wars, I scarcely think being villified in the press if it injures an enemy is a valid excuse for guinea pigging American citizens. If it injures us they'll resolve the safety issues. Excuse me??

This is darn well suspicious. Are we so stupid that we'll believe this excuse?

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4182615.html
Text:
Air Force chief: Test weapons on Americans
By LOLITA C. BALDOR

WASHINGTON - 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. [!!! Try out on us! Then review injury issues?]

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.**


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[* "weaken people" - short term? long term? weaken how? ]
[**"disable some electronic devices" - what kind? heart implants? just in the open or do they penetrate buildings? What about hospitals, nursing homes, business places?]

What the heck ARE these things? High power microwave devices? So I am ignorant but all I know about microwaves is that they are used in beams of some kinds and they cook stuff. Will they cook people?

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