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US to send 3,000 troops to Ebola danger zone as Obama admin shuffles military's mission in Africa
Daily Mail ^ | September 15, 2014 | David Martosko, U.S. Political Editor

Posted on 09/15/2014 10:23:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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.

'U.S. Africa Command will set up a Joint Force Command headquartered in Monrovia, Liberia, to provide regional command and control support to U.S. military activities and facilitate coordination with U.S. government and international relief efforts,' a statement from the White House press office said.

'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.'

Liberia is the hardest-hit of the four west African nations that have confirmed Ebola cases, accounting for more than one-half of the fatalities. The others are Sierra Leone, Guinea and, to a lesser extent, Nigeria.

Some of what America's armed personnel will do in Liberia is unclear. The White House said 'many' of them will be stationed at an 'intermediate staging base' where they will supervise the movement of medical staff, supplies and heavy equipment.

AFRICOM already warns its own personnel that they should 'avoid nonessential travel to Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia.'

And the Defense Department is concerned, one Pentagon official told MailOnline, about the public perceptions aroused when American G.I.s patrol ground zero in a disease outbreak that could plunge three or more countries into chaos if it worsens significantly.

Combat soldiers and Marines 'will be on hand and ready for anything,' said the official, who has knowledge of some, but not all, of the Ebola-related planning. 'But hopefully it will be all logistics and hospital-building.'

'The president has ordered us to help, and we're eager to do it,' he said....

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; ebola; military; obama
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He never spent a day in uniform, and it shows.
1 posted on 09/15/2014 10:23:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Since he want to put our men in harms way, why doesn’t the commander in chief take a fact finding trip to tour the Ebola plagued areas himself?

Do they have golf in Liberia?


2 posted on 09/15/2014 10:25:35 PM PDT by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Some troops might go AWOL over this.


3 posted on 09/15/2014 10:27:44 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: garjog

The Seaview Golf Club is the owner of Liberia’s prestigious and only eighteen (18) holes golf course located opposite the Unity Conference Center and situated on one hundred acres of beautiful landscape where the St. Paul River empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia, Montserrado County, Liberia. It is located about 10 kilometers northwest of downtown Monrovia, the capital of the West African Republic of Liberia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaview_Golf_Club


4 posted on 09/15/2014 10:28:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is going to end badly.


5 posted on 09/15/2014 10:28:05 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dear Mr. MORON F***IN’ PRESIDENT, keep our people out of there, unless of course you want to import that crap here, which is obvious that you do.


6 posted on 09/15/2014 10:29:17 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would rather be forced to fly on a helicopter along side Afghan soldiers in Afghanistan on a night mission through a tight valley then go to Ebola-land in Africa. What a DEATH TRAP!!!


7 posted on 09/15/2014 10:29:48 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If it can be done, the Army will do it. Otherwise, the world might see nearly five billion Ebola cases within a year.

Vanity - Ebola model projects future case based on Daily Transmission Rate
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3204322/posts


8 posted on 09/15/2014 10:30:04 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Mister Obama (who has never spent a minute in uniform) is far too generous with the health and lives of the fine members of our Military.

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9 posted on 09/15/2014 10:32:52 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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which is obvious that you do.

Same as importing the "kids" from Central America. It's "not fair" that the US doesn't have polio, or ebola, or the myriad diseases the "third world" suffers from. Obama is all about the "equal sharing" of misery.

ANYONE with some kind of authority going to notice this guy is insane?

10 posted on 09/15/2014 10:36:44 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: familyop

Is there any information on the length of time that the Ebola virus can survive if it has no host?

If, to use a morbid example, everyone in a village dies or flees, how long is it until it is safe to live in that area?


11 posted on 09/15/2014 10:38:04 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
“Forward, the Light Brigade!
“Charge for the guns!” he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismay’d?
Not tho’ the soldier knew
Someone had blunder’d:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.


12 posted on 09/15/2014 10:38:31 PM PDT by No One Special (Never ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Boots on the ground ... hazardous duty pay???


13 posted on 09/15/2014 10:39:26 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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To: familyop
200,000 people for Ebola countries have U.S. visas.. If the threat is so serious, why not revoke these passports?

Why not revoke passports to ISIS countries?

We're being set up for a massive culling of our population.

14 posted on 09/15/2014 10:39:44 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: JennysCool
ANYONE with some kind of authority going to notice this guy is insane?

It's not that he's insane, it's that he really, really hates America and all it stands for. That's why he targets Americas defenders every chance he gets.

15 posted on 09/15/2014 10:41:47 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Ebola Vaccine Scientist: Create GMO Ebola To Kill 2 Billion People (Video)


16 posted on 09/15/2014 10:41:54 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop

There are less than 7 billion people on Earth, you’re saying Ebola is about to wipe us out?


17 posted on 09/15/2014 10:42:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Mastador1

That strikes me as insane.


18 posted on 09/15/2014 10:43:45 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: NonValueAdded

0bama leaves the border open but the ebola threat requires that we sent troops and ISIS requires an international coalition to stop? What’s wrong with this picture?


19 posted on 09/15/2014 10:44:30 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Fai Mao

About 21 hours on a dry surface, IIRC—longer if at very low temperature or in goo, much longer in animals. But most populated cities would not likely be completely deserted, including sparsely populated towns.


20 posted on 09/15/2014 10:45:30 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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