U.S. sends Troops to fight Ebola in Africa.
Man: We were kinda hoping for doctors.
Soldier 1: We're the United States. The military is all we've got!
Soldier 2: Ebola!
Soldier 3: Send in the drones... just because.
“…Never forget: you’re not the most popular people on the planet, and haven’t been for a long time…”.Do you suppose it may be a result of the Good Ol US of A sending in troops all over the world?
No “good deed” goes unpunished:.Help identify the causes of human diseases: Microbes and malnutrition. Develop vaccines and spread scientific agricultural techniques. Send medical volunteers to establish clinics, train doctors and health workers. Spread the Green Revolution. .Fight fascism and despotism. Provide political advisors and foreign aid money. Spread “Democracy.”.Allow Business to dictate politics, expediently support dictators, “the lesser of two evils.”.Become “the world’s policeman.” Expend lives and treasure to secure the safety of other nations. Have them become dependent on your assistance..…Become a despised world influence, the object of terrorism. Have even good advice ignored..Watch as science and humanistic principles are distorted and mocked, subject to popular opinion and nationalistic fears.. “One of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated that mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of man.” Jorge Luis Borges, “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius.”
Diseases like Ebola tend to mutate as the infect people. If enough people are infected it could give rise to a version that is air transmissible. Then we won’t have to debate this because a large percentage of us will be dead.
Ed does have a point, the medical corps in our military is highly trained in many things besides shooting folks. The military also has many people trained in disaster relief and providing aid in such situations as floods, earthquakes or epidemics, my son was one of them.
Ted is off a tad on this one and jumped the gun the ignorant public keeps shooting themselves with.
ConserveGov over 9 years ago
Another Oblunder disaster.Even lefty 60 Minutes says this prez has no clue!
wcorvi over 9 years ago
So, we can blame the ebola outbreak on Obama? How does that work? If only we’d elected Romney, he would’ve – ????
Michael Peterson Premium Member over 9 years ago
Ted appears to know as much about ebola as he does about women. Are you on your meds, son?
jones.knik over 9 years ago
And they’re going to stabilize the situation by what? Shooting people, that’s what the military does.
cjr53 over 9 years ago
“…Never forget: you’re not the most popular people on the planet, and haven’t been for a long time…”.Do you suppose it may be a result of the Good Ol US of A sending in troops all over the world?
emptc12 over 9 years ago
No “good deed” goes unpunished:.Help identify the causes of human diseases: Microbes and malnutrition. Develop vaccines and spread scientific agricultural techniques. Send medical volunteers to establish clinics, train doctors and health workers. Spread the Green Revolution. .Fight fascism and despotism. Provide political advisors and foreign aid money. Spread “Democracy.”.Allow Business to dictate politics, expediently support dictators, “the lesser of two evils.”.Become “the world’s policeman.” Expend lives and treasure to secure the safety of other nations. Have them become dependent on your assistance..…Become a despised world influence, the object of terrorism. Have even good advice ignored..Watch as science and humanistic principles are distorted and mocked, subject to popular opinion and nationalistic fears.. “One of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated that mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of man.” Jorge Luis Borges, “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius.”
Theodore E. Lind Premium Member over 9 years ago
Diseases like Ebola tend to mutate as the infect people. If enough people are infected it could give rise to a version that is air transmissible. Then we won’t have to debate this because a large percentage of us will be dead.
HabaneroBuck over 9 years ago
I agree with Ted, when all you’ve got is a hammer, every problem looks like a …..“Ebola!”….BLAAMMMM….
kaffekup over 9 years ago
So much for the " humble" foreign policy.Ain’t lies great?
Jason Allen over 9 years ago
Instead of potentially getting yourself banned for swearing and outright insulting the artist, why don’t you debate his message like an adult?
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
Ed does have a point, the medical corps in our military is highly trained in many things besides shooting folks. The military also has many people trained in disaster relief and providing aid in such situations as floods, earthquakes or epidemics, my son was one of them.
Ted is off a tad on this one and jumped the gun the ignorant public keeps shooting themselves with.