Just a while ago I warned that the latest outbreak of Ebola in West Africa was going to get out of control and that there was a great danger of it becoming weaponized by Islamic fanatics. Well the spread has gotten out of control and the concern that some Islamist crazy will get hold of it has not yet happened that we know of. Or maybe they won't have to, because no one ever thought that it would be the Obama administration that would be responsible for importing it to our shores.
Sending 3000 American soldiers to West Africa to do a job they most assuredly are not trained for, and should be performed by medical professionals is stupid, reprehensible and irresponsible. Facing the terrors of combat is one thing. Being placed in harms way of a disease where a touch or a sneeze can bring a horrible and excruciating death is quite another.
Quite simply there is no way that the military can guarantee that none of these soldiers will be exposed or infected. Neither does it have a quarantine facility of the size necessary to properly isolate both them and all those they come in contact with while on their return trip. Exposing our military installations to this danger in the midst of growing instability around the globe is insane.
Well I Told You So.......
The URL of this blog comes from a no longer published newspaper from my old home town in Massachusetts. "The Evening Chronicle" was owned and published by an old family friend and long time leader of the Republican Party from the Roosevelt Administration through the Eisenhower Administration, Joseph W. Martin Jr. I hope you all enjoy what you find here.
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sending 3000 American soldiers to West Africa to do a job they most assuredly are not trained for, and should be performed by medical professionals is stupid, reprehensible and irresponsible.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely.