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U.S. sending 1,000 more troops to fight Ebola
The Hill ^ | 10/3/2014 | Kristina Wong

Posted on 10/03/2014 12:12:04 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist

The Pentagon is sending as many as 1,000 more troops to Africa to help fight the Ebola virus.

The troops are being sent on top of the 3,000 President Obama has already ordered to help efforts in West Africa.

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(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: africa; ebola; ebolaoutbreak; ebolatroops; ebolavirus; obama
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1 posted on 10/03/2014 12:12:04 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Mission creep


2 posted on 10/03/2014 12:12:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist; All

More troops are going to Africa....


3 posted on 10/03/2014 12:13:16 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: null and void; Smokin' Joe

Ping.


4 posted on 10/03/2014 12:14:28 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

It looks like we’re going to need some more of those little, teeny tiny micro-bullets.


5 posted on 10/03/2014 12:14:33 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Stop flooding our schools with unaccompanied illegal aliens. Do it for the children!)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Can someone explain exactly what our troops are doing there? I understand concepts of humanitarian aid and all that, but is the military really set up to handle such a task?


6 posted on 10/03/2014 12:14:49 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

The Politics of Personnel Infection.


7 posted on 10/03/2014 12:14:59 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

To keep them from boarding flights to the U.S., I should think.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...


8 posted on 10/03/2014 12:15:26 PM PDT by polymuser ( Enough is enough.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Obola continues to degrade the US military
with deviation them from their job.

Conclusion: Moslem Obola will protect his ‘son’, IS
and here there is bonus:
Obola brings Death to Americans
who now have lost their physicians ... due to him.


9 posted on 10/03/2014 12:16:31 PM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Those Ebolans are marching across the continent of Africa. No word yet as to whether the Ebolan prime minister as appealed to the UN for a “halt to the conflict.”


10 posted on 10/03/2014 12:16:33 PM PDT by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Do we have an exit strategy?? /sarc

We now have more troops in Africa than Iraq.


11 posted on 10/03/2014 12:16:48 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue (I have no home. I'm the wind.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

If I were the president, I would be sending these troops to the U.S. / Mexican border.....or should I say the FORMER
U.S. / Mexican border.

And, I would have sent those troops as soon as I lowered my right arm after taking the Oath of Office.


12 posted on 10/03/2014 12:16:49 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Politicians and diapers must be changed often for the same reason)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Apparently Dear Reader has found a use for the military. Beats the heck out of actually stopping people from these infected countries from flying to the U.S.
13 posted on 10/03/2014 12:17:10 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason ("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

There is not any reason our military should be in Africa unless it is to kill terrorists.


14 posted on 10/03/2014 12:17:27 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I guess that I’m just mis-informed but I thought that this is what the WHO is chartered for.


15 posted on 10/03/2014 12:17:28 PM PDT by rhubarbk (It's official, I'm suffering from Obama fatigue!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

If they were doctors ... maybe. But not otherwise.


16 posted on 10/03/2014 12:18:01 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
From the article:

They will not have direct contact with Ebola patients.

All this from a guy who said this recently:

OBAMA: The chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We've been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn't get on a plane for the United States. In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we've taken new measures so that we are prepared here at home.

Forgive me if these clowns in DC don't make me feel confident.

17 posted on 10/03/2014 12:19:48 PM PDT by corlorde (Oath Keeper)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

A fun “man on the street” interview question would be, “Do you think we’re right to go to war against the Islamic Republic of Ebola, or should we offer the Ebolans an open hand of conciliation?”


18 posted on 10/03/2014 12:19:51 PM PDT by ScottinVA (We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Any idea where these troops are stationed? Conservative state perhaps?


19 posted on 10/03/2014 12:21:43 PM PDT by 4everontheRight (And the story began with..."Once there was a great nation......")
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

But we can’t stop anyone coming in to the country.


20 posted on 10/03/2014 12:22:10 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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