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"President Barack Obama plans to dramatically boost the U.S. effort to mitigate the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, including greater involvement of the U.S. military, people familiar with the proposal said."
The article eventually goes on to say:
"Many public-health and infectious disease experts have called for a greater U.S. military role, which is highly valued in humanitarian crises for its ability to command and control large operations, as well as its logistics expertise."
We send the military to train forces how to fight in different places around the world but (and I'm not just talking about the Obama administration) that same US military can't train people in the CDC and NIH how to command and control large medical operations/humanitarian crises?
I realize, President Obama has no other choice, right now, than to use the military to run this type of operation but won't some President, any president, ever realize maybe, just maybe coordination and control crises skills can be taught to other federal government employees/non-appointed executives?
People join the military to serve their country. That can include humanitarian aid to third would countries. The president is the commander and chief which means he's the top of the chain of command... I you don't like being told what to do, don't join...
yeah, your point was to hijack the thread, which is kinda silly considering I actually support the military taking action like this. Good PR world wide never hurts.
I support it too, but I wouldn't want to be part of the mission.
In what way does sending US servicemen to an Ebola region help protect the security of the US? I would HATE to see some poor young American die of this horrible disease do to the hubris of our CinC. We have NO REASON TO BE THERE. Not our country, hell, not our continent. Not our problem. THere is no reason for Americans to die, or risk death, over anything going on in Africa. Or the ME. Or Europe. We have enough of our own problems to deal with.
At least fighting ISIS has the potential to provide for the safety and security of the US. This is just a waste. A grandstanding waste.
There is a long history of US sending troops to help during natural disasters. Most times are to set up Medical tents and triage areas after earthquakes. So this is good service.
Is there something else going over there that might need US troops? Some regime we want to topple to pave the way for a corporate takeover of the region? Maybe Nike wants to build a new factory or Apple needs raw materials for their new product line.
They are hyping this and ISIS like crazy so we need to calmly and rationally look at the situation and then get back to our leaders and tell them what they should do.
There is a long history of US sending troops to help during natural disasters. Most times are to set up Medical tents and triage areas after earthquakes. So this is good service.
Except we are still accepting travels to the US from this area. They can't do half a job and expect good results.
They say doctors without borders are their worst enemy, they're the ones spreading it. No one is reporting this.
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