Some think the Ebola situation is serious, yes, that this is not just an “any time infectious disease breaks out anywhere, the Army should be there?” time, although the Army has been there during the other big break outs.
“We had a large footprint in Africa,” Cummings said of the Defense Department’s response to the first Ebola cases reported in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire. Since that time, the Defense Department has answered numerous calls for assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO), nongovernmental organizations and ministries of heath and defense, he said.”
I don’t think you realize just how deeply the Army is involved in disease and biological threats, and on an international scale, and how back in history that goes.
And there just isn’t a reason for these threads to attract the angry emotional raging types and conspiracy guys, but most of them do.
“Some think the Ebola situation is serious, yes, that this is not just an “any time infectious disease breaks out anywhere, the Army should be there?””
Again - I’m not questioning whether Ebola is serious. I’m questioning using the Army at this time in a civilian operation on another continent when we aren’t even using basic quarantine measures to prevent the infected from coming to the US.
Shouldn’t the deployment of the Army have something to do with that?
“I don’t think you realize just how deeply the Army is involved in disease and biological threats, and on an international scale, and how back in history that goes.”
Of course I do. Ft. Detrick exists for a reason. This isn’t it.
The only reason for the Army to be deployed is “optics” - so Obama can say he did “something”. It’s entirely political - to prevent him from isolating Africa (as should be done) for basic quarantine reasons. If he acknowledges the fact that people can carry serious disease, he’ll have to acknowledge the Mexican border too.
This isn’t conspiracy stuff - Are you really that wedded to your precious opinion and ego that you have to make “conspiracy nut” charges against those who point out your argument is weak and in many ways completely wrong?
You won’t even address the issue directly in your argument.
Just because the Army has biological warfare capabilities is no reason to go to West Africa at this time. If you agree with the claim its for “national security” but do not prevent potentially infected people from flying to the USA and do not acknowledge this fact - you are not a serious debater of issues.
I think some level of disgust and anger is completely warranted on this issue. I prefer to deal in facts - yet you label people straight out of Alinsky.
Those you berate on this thread do not deserve the treatment you give them. You should apologize. Your tactics do not befit a serious discussion of the issue.
You are a poor debater and have poor command of obvious facts.