[NationalReview] The very nature of the debate we are now having, including the debate over the travel ban, is evidence of the fact that we probably have not yet learned not to underestimate this outbreak. We are still thinking about it in terms of a crisis in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone that could reach our shores by the various means that connect us to them. But the real danger, to us and to others, is probably far greater than that. Our greatest worry should not be that the disease could get to the United States from those West African nations but that it will get to Nigeria's larger population centers or to, say, India or other places with massive population density and weak public-health systems, and from there will become an epidemic throughout the third world. The scale that this outbreak is now likely to reach in West Africa will make it rather difficult to prevent that, raising the risk of a far more colossal human catastrophe than the nightmare we are already witnessing and of a greater threat to the U.S. population.
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The greatest threat to the U.S. seems to be the bumbling/incompetence of the current administration. They don't seem to be able successfully organize a one person parade. On the other hand, it might be a scarier thought if they were competent.
Liberia as it was is no more. Liberia will be reborn through the grace of God and ebola survivors who have become immune. This will take six months to a year. During this time, occasional patients will end up in other countries. They will have to be managed well to minimize further infection.
Unlike the Fukishimia exponential disaster, in this disaster the dangerous particles cannot be callously dumped into the sea. These dangerous particles will be neighbors and relatives; sick and miserable and loved.
If right now, you do not have hand sanitizer, bleach, gloves, and a months supply of medicine, food, and water, then get them not just for yourself, but also to enable you to comfort the ill.
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Well said, rammer. Here's a first person account from an American doctor now in Monrovia, about the situation there. It's actually quite heartening, it seems to me:
[IsraelTimes] While the entire world follows breathlessly the battles between Kurdish forces and the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... in Kobani, the Syrian city on the border between Turkey and Syria, Iran is slowly completing an impressive takeover of Yemen.
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In order to create targets, intelligence is needed. And without the presence of intelligence personnel and special forces on the ground, there is not sufficient information, it turns out, to stop the advance of IS.
Here's a time-tested tactic with minimal battlefield intelligence required. Orchestrate a Kurdish strategic withdrawl using 'phase lines' Bomb and kill everything that approaches the vacated phase lines in turn. Ideally the same phase lines [kill boxes] can be used repeatedly, somewhat like the billows of an accordion.
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Bomb and kill everything that approaches the vacated phase lines in turn. Ideally the same phase lines [kill boxes] can be used repeatedly, somewhat like the billows of an accordion.
A battle strategy the Romans were pretty good at, too.
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IMO the real issue here is any likely Saudi-led GCC mil response to the new Shia stronghold in Yemen, or alternat the lack of same by the GCC which will induce one or more of its nervousy twitchy Sunni Member-States [read, QATAR] to ask for foreign or outside mil help agz the Shias = Houthi rebs from the ISIS/ISIL + Qaeda Boyz, etal.
WHAT IS GLOBALIST OBAMA ANDOR HIS POSSIBLY SIMIL GLOBALIST POTUS SUCCESSOR AFTER JAN. 2017 GOING TO DO THEN???
[ARABNEWS] The terrorist organization, Hezbollah, has called on the international rights organizations to "intervene" in the case of Nimr Al-Nimr, who has been sentenced to death in a sedition case in the Kingdom. Ironically, the Hezbollah has termed Al-Nimr a "mujahid scholar."
Its stance on a convicted terrorist is a testimony to the outfit's ugly sectarian designs in the region. This call has exposed Hezbollah's interference in other country's affairs and of course with Iranian support to undermine the interests of other countries and spread sectarianism.
Al-Nimr is a terrorist just like other terrorists. His sectarian leanings don't provide him immunity from the law. Isn't it ironic that Hezbollah is raising hue and cry and calling it "repression" at a time when it has overrun Beirut and scuttled democracy.
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Well, you destroyed Beruit long ago, Iraq recently, and Syria, well you know all about THAT, Hezbollah.
[DAWN] When spacecraft Mangalyaan successfully entered the Martian orbit in late September after a 10-month journey, India erupted in joy. Costing more than an F-16 but less than a Rafale, Mangalyaan's meticulous planning and execution established India as a space-faring country. Although Indians had falsely celebrated their five nuclear tests of 1998 -- which were based upon well-known physics of the 1940s -- the Mars mission is a true accomplishment.
Paks may well ask: can we do it too? What will it take? Seen in the proper spirit, India's foray into the solar system could be Pakistain's sputnik moment -- an opportunity to reflect upon what's important. Religion's important. Everything else is grounds for murder.
Let's see how India did it: First, space travel is all about science and India's young ones are a huge reservoir of enthusiasm for science. Surveys show that 12-16 year olds practically worship Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, are fascinated by black holes and Schrödinger cats, and most want a career in science. They see more prestige in this than becoming doctors, lawyers, financial managers, or army officers. Although most eventually settle for more conventional professions, this eagerness leads India's very best students towards science.
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Pakistan is likely trying to develop a Schrödinger cat fusing device. Their progress is uncertain.
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A Pakistani magistrate led a police team to chisel out the word Muslim from professor Abdus Salaam's grave. Contrast that with his treatment by India whose PM India Gandhi sat on the floor by his feet during their meeting.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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by Yuval Levin
[IsraelTimes] While the entire world follows breathlessly the battles between Kurdish forces and the 
[DAWN] When spacecraft Mangalyaan successfully entered the Martian orbit in late September after a 10-month journey, India erupted in joy. Costing more than an F-16 but less than a Rafale, Mangalyaan's meticulous planning and execution established India as a space-faring country. Although Indians had falsely celebrated their five nuclear tests of 1998 -- which were based upon well-known physics of the 1940s -- the Mars mission is a true accomplishment.
