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2014-10-28 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Pentagon Builds Units To Transport Ebola Patients

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-10-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Were these soldiers physically close to Ebola patients and/or infectious material?

If so, the quarantine is warranted.

However why is the Obama administration insistent that civilians who were close to Ebola patients in Africa should suffer no such temporary restrictions?

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-10-28 00:31|| 2014-10-28 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Why? because if they are quarantined, the soldiers would be unable to vote. unlike the ebolians from the blue states, they can waltz their happy- disease carrying ass into the polling place and vote for the Donk of their choice. at least once.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2014-10-28 01:13|| 2014-10-28 01:13|| Front Page Top

#3 GI's historically vote conservative. Nothing is too good for them, and that's what the Champ will give them.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-28 02:56|| 2014-10-28 02:56|| Front Page Top

#4 As more U.S. troops head to West Africa, the Pentagon is developing portable isolation units that can carry up to 12 Ebola patients for transport on military planes.

The units will likely be carrying critically ill liberians and future democratic voters to the U.S. for treatment, not GI's.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-28 04:12|| 2014-10-28 04:12|| Front Page Top

#5 ^^^^^^ ding ding ding ding

Posted by chris 2014-10-28 07:49|| 2014-10-28 07:49|| Front Page Top

#6 The troops in question have largely come from Ft Hood, Ft Sam Houston, and Ft Bragg.
The significance of Vincenza is it's the location of Caserne Erdele, the main base of the 173rd Abn Brigade, which is NATO's airborne contingent from the US. Mostly the 173rd is in Poland and the Czech Republic right now, and it allows large transports to fly directly onto base without possibly compromising Rahmstein.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-10-28 08:16|| 2014-10-28 08:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Wonder how comfortable the local Italians are with all that? The airfield was not near Caserma Ederle, (SETAF 74-77).

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-28 08:54|| 2014-10-28 08:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Perversion of the mission of the armed forces of the United States of America.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-28 19:56|| 2014-10-28 19:56|| Front Page Top

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