Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Should we be worried?

Obama decides to send 3000 American troops to Africa to fight Ebola.

I thought our soldiers were supposed to fight other soldiers from enemy countries, like, I dunno, the Islamic State, for example.

The US State Department orders the purchase of 160,000 Ebola style hazmat suits.

Given the sudden spread of this tropical virus, very likely brought here by all those central american "children," perhaps sending 3 thousand Americans to a plague zone, where they cannot protect themselves against the disease, may not be a real good plan.  Especially if they also eventually come home.

Looks like we may be soon welcoming these guys to our neighborhood.

8 comments:

  1. Africa is his homeland. It's natural for Prez. to be worried about it and what's the life of one American soldier (who will likely vote Republican) really worth?

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    1. I hadn't thought of that but that is a couple of good points! I swear if I was in the service today I would consider deserting! I have never seen our troops treated worse.

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    2. Did any of them sign up to go to Africa and sit in the middle of an epidemic among people who can't speak your language? Certainly not. If the generals are worth a damn, they ought to get together, go to Obama privately, and "suggest" that he change his mind on this. Canada might be looking pretty good right now for the enlisted man.

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    3. The generals are all hand-picked by the Democratic machine. That's the only way to get a star these days. The old generals were all forced to retire and Republican colonels don't get promoted. Neither do openly religious colonels. File it all under hope & change.

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  2. Looks like he is checking for radiological contamination there

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    1. I think that the photo is part of a training op, not the people on the ground in Africa. Everyone being "scanned" is white and well dressed for the cold. Equatorial Africa is never cold, they're all black and dress differently.

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  3. So you can shoot ebola? Maybe call in drone strike?

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