Bush: Use the Military to Enforce Avian Flu Quarantine? No thanks.

[reprehensor]

Bush: Military may have to help if bird flu breaks out

President Bush says the possibility of an avian flu pandemic is among the reasons he wants Congress to give him the power to use the nation's military in law enforcement roles in the United States.

"I'm concerned about what an avian flu outbreak could mean for the United States and the world," he told reporters during a Rose Garden news conference on Tuesday.

Such an event would raise difficult questions, such as how a quarantine might be enforced, he said.

"One option is the use of a military that's able to plan and move," he said. "So that's why I put it on the table. I think it's an important debate for Congress to have."

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[Democrats_win]

1. Republicans and their monkey movies! "Outbreak" and "Bedtime for Bonzo"

Recall in "Outbreak" a monkey infected a community and the military came in and put people into concentration camps.

[aquart]

2. Bush likes that idea.

Especially the part where the military planned to kill them all.

[Vanje]

3. Flu Quarantine and Bush's promise to send Astronauts to Mars

Each of these subjects, at different times serve to get the media off the subject of Bush and GOP misfortune.

When the people are worried about Avian Flu, they're not talking Scooter Libby and Valerie plame, or Tom Delays criminal conspiracy with the the RNC, Bush's alcoholism, FEMAs recental failures, or Bush cronyism, Frist's insider trading, Bush's approval ratings, the stagnant economy.....

[soothsayer]

4. God I hope * comes down with it!!! Military would like a coup, so

some believe, so at that point they could do it LEGALLY! Bwa ha ha

[pbeal]

5. what military forces can he use?

To be able to set a effective military quarantine you would actually need to have the forces available quickly. All of our capable units are currently in Iraq, and Afghanistan. It would take months to get them back into the US and properly positioned, trained and equipped for a quarantine type operation.