Chicago news conference Tuesday: Andy Martin condemns Obama for sending 3000 American military personnel to fight Ebola
Contrarian Commentary editor Andy Martin will hold a Chicago
news conference Tuesday evening to condemn President Barack Obama for sending
thousands of U. S.
military and civilian personnel to Africa to be exposed
to the Ebola virus. “We can’t even contain a children’s’ viral outbreak in the Midwest ,”
Andy says, “and we are going to rescue Africa from
Ebola? I hate to sound a dissenting note but Obama’s plan to use the American
military as guinea pigs in the battle against Ebola is absolute insanity. The US
can and should offer measured help. But exposing thousands of Americans to
Ebola is not a rational response to Africa 's failure to
take care of its own people.”
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Announcement
of Chicago news conference Tuesday
Attention
national and Chicago
Andy Martin slams President Barack Obama
for sending thousands of U.S. military and civilian personnel to Africa to
fight Ebola
Andy
says it is inevitable that Americans will be exposed to Ebola on a massive
scale, and that a domestic Ebola crisis could be triggered by Obama’s illogical
scheme here at home
Andy
says Obama is using US troops as guinea pigs by unnecessarily exposing them to
the lethal Ebola virus
(CHICAGO September 16, 2014 ) Contrarian Commentary editor Andy
Martin will hold a Chicago news
conference today, Tuesday evening, September 16th, to condemn President Barack
Obama’s plan to send 3,000 U.S.
military personnel to Africa to fight the Ebola virus.
“Obama is using our solders and civilian personnel as guinea pigs,” Andy
charges. “No western nation has ever willingly placed thousands of its citizens
in harm’s way of a killer virus. In the Midwest ,
authorities currently have been unable to contain a children’s’ virus and the
contagion is spreading to other states.
“How are we going to save several African countries from
their own mismanagement of public health resources? When does Africa
assume responsibility for itself? Obama’s plan is utter insanity.
“To date the US
has avoided infection with Ebola at home because of the small number of
volunteer Americans who are fighting the disease overseas. But even with just
three or four cases, a massive mobilization was necessary to evacuate Americans
who became infected. If Obama exposes thousands (and then more thousands
through rotation) of our military and civilian employees to this killer virus
how can we avoid massive exposure to Ebola? What if something goes wrong and we
suddenly have 100 Ebola patients, or more?
“Some people have criticized China
for being silent. China ,
of course, is notorious for abysmal public health management. But China
is seeking to exploit Africa ’s mineral resources and
also seeking to take a leading role in managing African economic development. Why
isn’t China sending
thousands of its own citizens to be exposed to Ebola?
“Obama has been widely praised by public health activists
for his plan to expose the American military to Ebola infection. But we elected
a president to protect the national security of the United
States , not to be a do-gooder and expose our
nation to a potential Ebola epidemic here at home. Obama should be erring on
the side of caution but instead he is throwing caution to the winds.
“Is Obama deliberately trying to spread the Ebola epidemic
to the United states ?
Obama’s behavior is dangerous, high risk, unnecessary and potentially
devastating to our troops and ordinary American citizens.
“By all means let’s send medical aid and supplies to Africa .
I support that effort. But let us use volunteer agencies to distribute and
manage the aid, not soldiers. When did our volunteer Army volunteer to be
exposed to a lethal viral epidemic? Obama’s action could jeopardize military
enlistments.
“Thirty years ago during the early stages of the AIDS
epidemic I was friendly with someone who became an AIDS patient. Later I
visited my friend in the hospital. No one really knew how the virus was
transmitted. But when I saw the red quarantine sign on the door I knew I was
voluntarily exposing myself to something partially unknown. My friend and I
knew each other through Episcopal Church theology school. I said a prayer and
took the chance. I made a choice to take the risk.
“But no one is asking our military to volunteer for the
Ebola expedition. They are being ordered into harm’s way. Obama is misusing the
military. Obama is dispatching troops to Africa at a
time when he is firing tens of thousands of experienced officers and enlisted
men and shrinking the Army to pre-World War II size. Is this another phase of
his scheme to disarm America ?
How can we say we don’t have enough military for military missions but we have
enough military for Ebola missions?
“Will no one stop Obama from endangering America ?”
Andy demands.
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WHO:
Contrarian
Commentary editor Andy Martin
WHAT:
Andy
Martin condemns President Obama’s proposal to use thousands of U. S. military troops in Africa to fight Ebola
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE
corner of Huron and Wabash Streets,
WHEN:
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