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2. Maybe they can help

Reply to riverwalker (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2014, 11:38 AM

Oct 2014

But considering the United States' reputation in some areas of the globe, don't be too surprised if the putative beneficiaries of this operation say, "Thanks, but no thanks." Our intelligence services have used medical missions as fronts for spying in Pakistan and other countries - a brilliant strategy, to be sure - and it may just torpedo our credibility to set up treatment units and supply health care workers.

Our military may be exactly the wrong unit to accomplish the task. And it's our own fault.

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101st Airborne ready for war on Ebola [View all] riverwalker Oct 2014 OP

Thanks! jen63 Oct 2014 #1

They will get it done riverwalker Oct 2014 #7

I was going to ask "what about the Seabees?" CTyankee Oct 2014 #8

Brits are there now too riverwalker Oct 2014 #9

They are there!! jen63 Oct 2014 #13

I once dated an officer in the Seabees. He was an engineer...this goes back more than a few CTyankee Oct 2014 #14

My son is jen63 Oct 2014 #15

When the guy I dated retired (with the rank of Captain) he went to work for CTyankee Oct 2014 #16

I was pretty ambivalent about jen63 Oct 2014 #20

This guy had worked at the Pentagon when he was still in active duty. I can't think of a more CTyankee Oct 2014 #22

Oh yeah! jen63 Oct 2014 #24

best of luck to you, jen, and your son. CTyankee Oct 2014 #28

That makes me feel better! jen63 Oct 2014 #29

Maybe they can help gratuitous Oct 2014 #2

the infected countries are begging us for help. they need infrastructure magical thyme Oct 2014 #3

Liberia is welcoming us with open arms. We have very good relations with them. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #10

Unconvincing, IMO. malthaussen Oct 2014 #4

Because we need to protect the engineers and the medical staff. msanthrope Oct 2014 #11

Those engineers have a bad habit of "needing to eat" and "having to take a piss" Recursion Oct 2014 #17

The US Army engineers have a problem pissing? HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #21

If there is anyway to make a situation worse... kentuck Oct 2014 #5

They did such a good job rebuilding Iraq. /sarcasm/ KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #6

Wasn't that Helliburton that was rebuilding Iraq? jwirr Oct 2014 #19

I hold the U.S. military chiefly responsible for the ongoing disaster that is Iraq, after KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #23

All I remember is that while this was all happening we were talking about how a bunch of jwirr Oct 2014 #25

It's all faded into one giant blur of a cluster-f*ck in my mind. But the U.S. KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #26

I agree with you on this. We have failed to do much of anything in the ME but destroy anything we jwirr Oct 2014 #27

Really unfortunate juxtaposition of words Duer 157099 Oct 2014 #12

Uncle (Korea) and son-in-law (ME) were both engineers in 101st. Proud of them for stepping up. jwirr Oct 2014 #18

They're gonna bomb Texas back to the stone age? Warpy Oct 2014 #30