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3,000 US Troops Deploying To West Africa To Fight Ebola (Video)
via Zerohedge
On the heels of yesterday’s almost unbelievable forecasts of the exponential rise in Ebola case counts – and warnings of a 20% chance of Ebola reaching the USA by year-end, WHO officials have confirmed that their previous forecasts of 20,000 cases “does not seem like a lot today.” This has, according to Reuters, the United States announced on Tuesday that it would send 3,000 troops to help tackle the Ebola outbreak as part of a ramped-up response including a major deployment in Liberia, the country where the epidemic is spiralling fastest out of control. Perhaps even more worrisome – for those who explained how ‘contained’ Ebola was – is the CDC’s release of an Ebola checklist warning American healthcare workers “now is the time to prepare.”
This is not a combat zone. Should the troops have to follow orders that they know is wrong? Will they bring ebola back to the states as troops in WWI did with the spanish flu?
Does anyone know what the mission would be for troops in this area? If one of these men get infected will the VA provide the proper medical service such as the doctors that went to Atlanta got? If 100 of these men get infected will we be able to spend the money that it will take to treat them? Is the president concerned about these men getting to see their families again?
I wasn’t aware that Ebola had mobilized their armed forces and were about to begin a military campaign.
Does this mobilization of US forces have ANYTHING to do with the military defense of our country?
The answer is obvious, of course. Another example of our great leader – leading greatly…
My only question – When are people going to stop following the Moron-in-Chief?
President Obama has ordered that mobile hospitals, medical hazard suits, supplies and meds be supplied to the area. The troops are being sent to protect American doctors and these very valuable assets from theft and or plunder. So yes, at this point troops are needed for the protection of medical staff and equipment.
The numbers of ebola victims have indeed reached a tipping point. Without intervention ebola will indeed become a global threat. Would you prefer that the problem be dealt with in Africa, or would you rather we just let it spread all around the globe?