Obama expected to send National Guard to Liberia to fight Ebola

[undeterred]

President Obama ​is expected ​to issue an executive order to put National Guard boots on the ground in Liberia to help stop the spread of Ebola, ​according to a report Thursday.

A team of eight engineers and several logistical specialists — both active-duty and reservists — are expected to be included in the first wave of soldiers being deployed to the West African nation, NBC News report​ed.

They will help locals construct 17 Ebola treatment centers that will be equipped with 100 beds apiece. The executive order would be necessary to speed up the deployments of troops and would also give the president permission to send additional forces as needed, according to Defense Department officials.

Liberia has been hit the hardest by the Ebola outbreak with more than 2,400 deaths being recorded there.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/16/obama-expected-to-order-national-guard-to-liberia/

Remember when the National Guard used to be for tackling in-state problems?

[peacebird]

1. This is SO wrong.

[Lebam in LA]

2. That is such BS. Nt

[JeffHead]

3. When you swing the worlds biggest hammer, every problem looks like a nail. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

4. When facilities need to be built very quickly, are hammers and nails such a bad thing?

nt

[KoKo]

5. I'm concerned about us using our "National Guard Reserves"

as construction teams, etc. and the exposure they will have.

The concern is that our National Guard's Mission has been stretched to include Iraq/Afghanistan and now Ebola as "threats to the Homeland" meaning our National Guard now has to be part of overseas deployment rather than it's original mission to protect us here internally in case of disaster...not a fill in for military actions as "Boots on the Ground" in other countries.

Maybe that's why the term "Homeland" has been emphasized (drilled into our heads) by every Government Spokesperson. Protecting the "Homeland" reinforces in our minds the "Authorization to Use Military Force" whenever, wherever and for whatever purpose our Government deems as a "threat."

These should be missions the United Nations should be in charge of. They would need more money to do it...but, better that than USA using it's Military and our Struggling Taxpayer's dollars to intervene in every disaster around the World.

We should be making more us of UN Peacekeeping troops and Health Workers services from the other international agencies like "Doctors Without Borders." Use our power and influence to get cooperation from other countries to participate in UN Coordination to work in being on the ground when epidemics, floods, earthquakes, storms and other disasters threaten countries who need help. And involve the UN more actively in Peace Keeping Efforts and Diplomacy when territorial wars break out.

Haven't we had enough of shouldering the worlds problems on our own backs sending our men and women to endless wars and now we are supposed to be the sole saviors of those suffering from the Ebola Outbreak by sending in 5,000 Troops and (with this latest announcement) how many numbers of our National Guard Reserve?