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US to send 3,000 troops to Ebola danger zone as Obama administration shuffles mission in Africa
Daily Mail ^ | 9/15/14 | By David Martosko

Posted on 09/16/2014 2:42:15 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

The United States government is sending thousands of military troops to the west African nation of Liberia as part of the Obama administration's Ebola virus-response strategy, the White House said late Monday night.

....'A general from U.S. Army Africa, the Army component of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), will lead this effort, which will involve an estimated 3,000 U.S. forces.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; africa; anthonyfauci; covidstooges; danger; ebola; ebolaoutbreak; ebolatroops; imrankhan; jvpresident; liberia; nationalsecurity; obamacare; obamafail; pakistan; taliban; vaccinemandates; worstpresidentever
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To: SoFloFreeper

Why 3,000? Is this part of Obama’s 9/11 celebration? How many of those 3,000 troops is he hoping will die?


61 posted on 09/16/2014 6:09:12 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Depends on what the meaning of "IS" is ~ Þ)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Just wrote my congressman to get out there and call for action to stop this! When you think it can’t get any more outrageous...Obama. Making Jimmy Carter look like George Washington more every day.


62 posted on 09/16/2014 6:13:44 AM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: Prophet2520

“You act like having a few highly disciplined, trained troops sent for containment”

So what are these highly disciplined trained troops supposed to do when a couple hundred people jump the highly contained area, shoot them? Can’t wait to read the headlines on that scenario, oh yeah, we will never hear about it, it’s called OBOLA containment.


63 posted on 09/16/2014 6:15:23 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: SoFloFreeper

Wasn’t it soldiers returning from WWI that were the main cause of the Influenza pandemic in 1918?


64 posted on 09/16/2014 6:17:25 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Lady Heron
Unless those troupes are going to quarantine those countries

Please tell me that's a typo, and not a Freudian slip.

65 posted on 09/16/2014 6:25:19 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Depends on what the meaning of "IS" is ~ Þ)
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To: Prophet2520

“You people must be kidding.”

Lost me right there. Poor FReeper etiquette.

My take: ebola has gone airborne and this will mostly be a mop-up operation. Troops will be prepared to shoot civilians in a World War Z scenario.


66 posted on 09/16/2014 6:30:04 AM PDT by RaveOn ("No amount of logic can shatter a faith consciously based on a lie." Lamar Keene, "True Believers")
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To: SoFloFreeper
If they get infected, will they be treated at VA hospitals?

Anybody have any confidence in that bunch of government union affirmative action drones being able to maintain quarantine procedures?

67 posted on 09/16/2014 6:33:10 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: SoFloFreeper

What better way to infect the entire country. What moron is in charge of this country?


68 posted on 09/16/2014 6:33:36 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: RaveOn

Why is Clown Prince nobama, the Unopposed One, not going all in????? Send the troops there in speedos...have them hug the families ill with ebola and kiss them a lot in order to show them that the US soldier has compassion. Have the US troops live with the families as they take care of their dead. It would only be fair to do so.


69 posted on 09/16/2014 6:34:28 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or reeducation Camp?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

IMPEACH THE TRAITOR!!!!!!!!!!


70 posted on 09/16/2014 6:35:05 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: tacticalogic

The only use for troops in a plague zone is to form a barrier to seal in those affected. Placing them inside a plague zone to serve as police, is merely to expose them also, to a disease for which we have no vaccination.


71 posted on 09/16/2014 6:41:32 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Didn’t the Marines aid in the evacuation of American citizens and our embassy there a few years ago?


72 posted on 09/16/2014 6:55:27 AM PDT by rey
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To: Prophet2520

Not a job for our military.
This is the domain of World Health Organization.

Sigh. All this makes me wonder if this is part of The Great Tribulation.


73 posted on 09/16/2014 6:57:22 AM PDT by SisterK
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To: dfwgator

WWI more soldiers died of influenza than combat injuries.


74 posted on 09/16/2014 7:01:55 AM PDT by SisterK
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To: gusopol3
It has to be he wants to spread it here.

Sure. Then he can declare a national emergency and impose martial law and the rest will be history.

75 posted on 09/16/2014 7:03:52 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: SoFloFreeper
After Ebola rages through our military, it will rapidly become useless. All it will take is one sick sailor on a ship or on a base to throw an entire ship or base into strict quarantine for months - and then one can only hope more don't catch it or the mortality will likely rise to close to 100% as it spreads. There is no cure and local base facilities will be completely inadequate to handle an epidemic of this deadly a nature.

Then when our military becomes ineffective, it will be time for 0bama to have his "civilian army" take over and bring "control" to America, right? How diabolical can it get?

No. What is needed is a strict and serious quarantine of all of these African countries. Do not allow anybody presently in them to travel over their borders. Period. Send them supplies but do not allow any travel to or from these areas.

Sending our military in there is exactly the wrong move which is why the Kenyan is probably doing it. It will end up destroying our military once the infections start.

76 posted on 09/16/2014 7:04:31 AM PDT by Gritty (ISIS is Islam. It is the naked religion. It is Mohammed. - Daniel Greenfield)
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To: Mogger
With their biological warfare gear and training in proper decontamination techniques, they are the best people to send into such a situation.

We have civilians with such experience, gear, and training. The reason that the military is being sent in is that they must follow orders. They have no choice. I doubt very many civilians would volunteer for this mission.

77 posted on 09/16/2014 7:11:04 AM PDT by kabar
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To: BuckeyeTexan

What American assets are they protecting?


78 posted on 09/16/2014 7:12:28 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Prophet2520
If you have done much of any reading on this you would know those West African countries are NOT able to manage the situation. If someone doesn’t manage it, everyone is in danger. The America military is trained for this, and is the best suited, most available force to do so.

So how are a few thousand Americans going to make a difference? The American military is not trained for this mission. We have CDC to perform this function. And where is the rest of the world? This is a grandstanding ploy by Obama.

79 posted on 09/16/2014 7:16:19 AM PDT by kabar
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To: SoFloFreeper

I hope the winds of ebola blow right up his royal rear.


80 posted on 09/16/2014 7:17:05 AM PDT by jetson
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