Obama's Next Executive Order: Sending The National Guard to Fight Ebola in Africa
Bill Smith, Editor, ARRA News: The below article by Katie Pavlick could be a precursor to future Ebola problems in the United States. We already have active duty military ordered by President Obama to West Africa and thus placed in harms way of Ebola. So, what is the big deal about thousands of Guard members going to West Africa?
First regarding active duty service members. They normally return from their assignments to a stateside military base where they can be observed and if signs of Ebola raises its ugly head, then they can be isolated and treated in military medical facilities, etc. At this time, I am not going to belabor the point that active duty military troops did not enlist to to fight major diseases in Africa.
Regarding, Guard members, often called weekend warriors. When they return from active duty deployment, they return to their different communities within their home states. They return to families, work, and their community activities. If any of these Guard men or women were to bring back Ebola, the disease would have a much easier opportunity to spread throughout the heartland of America and would be harder to contain. A situation that is 100% preventable by not sending them to Africa!
This is a serious situation!
Why is President Obama ordering active duty military and National Guard members to West Africa? It is not in the job description of the military to be used for these purposes. Also, why has President Obama not placed a travel ban to and from regions where Ebola is a problem? Why has he not sealed our borders to illegals crossing our borders bringing potential disease, crime and terrorists? His actions require a lot of answers to these and other serious questions.
by Katie Pavlich, TownHall.com: President Obama will sign an executive order as soon as today deploying National Guard troops to Ebola stricken countries in West Africa according to a report from NBC News.President Barack Obama is expected to issue an executive order Thursday paving the way for the deployment of National Guard forces to Liberia to help contain the Ebola outbreak there, sources told NBC News.
The sources said that eight engineers and logistical specialists from the Guard, both active-duty and reservists, would probably be included in the first deployment. They are expected to help build 17 Ebola treatment centers, with 100 beds apiece. The sources said that no decision had been made. Fox News' Ed Henry confirmed this afternoon that a draft of the order is circulating through the White House and Pentagon.
A month ago President Obama announced the deployment of thousands of U.S. soldiers to Ebola stricken regions in Africa. The original number of soldiers deployed for the task was 3,000 but the Pentagon has upped that number to 4,000 this week.
At this point it is unclear what National Guard troops will be tasked with doing or how they will be protected from contracting the disease once they arrive. Earlier this month we learned U.S. military soldiers and medical personnel will be handling Ebola infected blood samples.The U.S. military mission to combat Ebola in West Africa is facing questions about the serious health risks American troops will encounter in heading to the epicenter of the deadly outbreak.
According to officials, a small group of trained military medical technicians on the ground will not be required to make direct contact with patients infected with the Ebola virus. However, they will have to handle infected blood samples, which Pentagon officials acknowledged Tuesday could be just as dangerous, if not more. More information {To Follow]
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Katie Pavlich is the News Editor at Townhall.com. Follow her on Twitter @katiepavlich. She is a New York Times Best Selling author. Her new book Assault and Flattery: The Truth About the Left and Their War on Women.
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First regarding active duty service members. They normally return from their assignments to a stateside military base where they can be observed and if signs of Ebola raises its ugly head, then they can be isolated and treated in military medical facilities, etc. At this time, I am not going to belabor the point that active duty military troops did not enlist to to fight major diseases in Africa.
Regarding, Guard members, often called weekend warriors. When they return from active duty deployment, they return to their different communities within their home states. They return to families, work, and their community activities. If any of these Guard men or women were to bring back Ebola, the disease would have a much easier opportunity to spread throughout the heartland of America and would be harder to contain. A situation that is 100% preventable by not sending them to Africa!
This is a serious situation!
Why is President Obama ordering active duty military and National Guard members to West Africa? It is not in the job description of the military to be used for these purposes. Also, why has President Obama not placed a travel ban to and from regions where Ebola is a problem? Why has he not sealed our borders to illegals crossing our borders bringing potential disease, crime and terrorists? His actions require a lot of answers to these and other serious questions.
The sources said that eight engineers and logistical specialists from the Guard, both active-duty and reservists, would probably be included in the first deployment. They are expected to help build 17 Ebola treatment centers, with 100 beds apiece. The sources said that no decision had been made.
A month ago President Obama announced the deployment of thousands of U.S. soldiers to Ebola stricken regions in Africa. The original number of soldiers deployed for the task was 3,000 but the Pentagon has upped that number to 4,000 this week.
At this point it is unclear what National Guard troops will be tasked with doing or how they will be protected from contracting the disease once they arrive. Earlier this month we learned U.S. military soldiers and medical personnel will be handling Ebola infected blood samples.
According to officials, a small group of trained military medical technicians on the ground will not be required to make direct contact with patients infected with the Ebola virus. However, they will have to handle infected blood samples, which Pentagon officials acknowledged Tuesday could be just as dangerous, if not more.
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Katie Pavlich is the News Editor at Townhall.com. Follow her on Twitter @katiepavlich. She is a New York Times Best Selling author. Her new book Assault and Flattery: The Truth About the Left and Their War on Women.
Tags: President O,bama, sending National Guard, West Africa, Ebola, why? To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. and "Like" Facebook Page - Thanks!
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Maybe it`s just me, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how combat troops fight a virus.
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