Obama Says He Will Send US Troops to West Africa to Help Ebola Epidemic as Deaths Top 2,100

Christian Post ^ | 09/08/2014 | Stoyan Zaimov

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President Barack Obama announced Sunday that he will be sending members of the U.S. military to West Africa to help in the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which has claimed over 2,100 lives.

"We're going to have to get U.S. military assets just to set up, for example, isolation units and equipment there to provide security for public health workers surging from around the world," Obama said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

The president insisted that the situation in West Africa remains a serious national security concern. International medical organizations such as Doctors Without Borders have reportedly petitioned to the White House and explained the urgency of the outbreak.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also sounded the alarm last week and noted that the virus, which has mainly affected Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, and has also spread to Nigeria, is "spiraling out of control."

CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden said in an interview that a number of countries have "turned their backs" on those coming from the countries that have been hit hardest by the outbreak. He added that the restrictions on flights and border crossings that have been established are also hindering relief efforts.

"This is making it really hard to get help in and to respond effectively to the outbreak," Frieden told CNN.

"What we're seeing is a ... hugely fast increase in cases that's harder and harder to manage. The more we can get in there and tamp that down, the fewer cases we'll have in the weeks and months to come."

While Obama said that it is unlikely that the virus will spread to the U.S. in the short term, he warned that the disease could threaten the U.S. in the future.

[hal ogen]

Is it not obvious to all that Clown Prince nobama is a confused a**?

[Kozak]

I’m sure it will be FABULOUS!

[pfflier]

Sure will be. Change the blood stripe to pink and the tunic color to teal.

Next on the agenda will be the retroactive courageous gay ribbons. MOH nominees that were denied because of their sexual orientation.

[savage woman]

The soldiers should say - “We are just going to Stand Down on this one”...

[Pelham]

Gee, what could possibly go wrong...

[Amagi]

There is a friggin’ IDIOT in the Oval Office.

[null and void]

*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin...

Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!

Bring Out Your Dead

We’re gonna need

a bigger cart!

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

[PTBAA]

As long as Obama controls the Senate, he is invulnerable. If he loses the Senate, it becomes much more dangerous for him and the Democrat agenda.

[Bigg Red]

Wow he dithers and frets over fighting a military threat but when it comes to an anciliary and superfluous mission he is right on top of ‘em.

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Sounds like just another way for him to kill off or otherwise get rid of some of our good military men. Bets are he does not send any of the homosexuals or trannies to protect the docs.

[Bigg Red]

Sounds like you’re on to something.