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2014-10-06 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

More U.S. Troops Being Sent To Battle Ebola

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 If Ebola is no threat to the 'security of the United States' why are our troops being sent? Rhetorical of course, but this is just beyond belief.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-06 02:35|| 2014-10-06 02:35|| Front Page Top

#2 At memorial to wounded vets, Obama says America must strive to keep others out of harm's way.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-06 02:48|| 2014-10-06 02:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Wtf good are Combat troops when medical is needed? This just further damages the fighting ability of our forces.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-10-06 04:28|| 2014-10-06 04:28|| Front Page Top

#4 This just further damages the fighting ability of our forces.
Perhaps that's the point.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-10-06 06:10|| 2014-10-06 06:10|| Front Page Top

#5 in the interest of budgets, why is a 2 star the press secretary? wouldn't a lowly Lcdr suffice?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-10-06 08:35|| 2014-10-06 08:35|| Front Page Top

#6 ...example of too many flag officers on active duty.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-06 09:06|| 2014-10-06 09:06|| Front Page Top

#7 is this a new form of war? declared by Congress? or has the military become a branch Without Borders of a non-profit organization to be sent around the world at the whim of His Presidential Majesty?

Posted by Si vis pacem para bellum 2014-10-06 09:34|| 2014-10-06 09:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Idiocracy.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-10-06 09:40|| 2014-10-06 09:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Littoral isn't sufficient.
I expect we are building SF staging areas under the guise of WHO/UN sanctioned treatment centers.

Posted by Skidmark 2014-10-06 12:50|| 2014-10-06 12:50|| Front Page Top

#10 You're extending the regime far, far too much credit for strategic planning Skid.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-06 12:58|| 2014-10-06 12:58|| Front Page Top

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