Ebola

[MED]

No, we most certainly do not. We say we do, but we rarely back it up. Many Americans during the recent history have gotten into trouble in foreign lands and the American government does NOTHING to help them. American missionaries get locked up for having bibles, we leave them to rot. American soldiers take wrong turns, get locked up and we leave them to rot. American children get kidnapped and taken to other countries and we don't go get them. American people die from terrible diseases everyday and the government doesn't do anything to help (not saying they should) and many times even creates red tape that makes it harder for them to get help.

So why spend the money and effort this time to bring these two people home when they are surely going to die??? Something is different this time. This goes against CDC protocol and I for one don't believe our government does ANYTHING for the good of the people. This just doesn't fit the .gov's SOP.

Do I think the gov is doing something evil? No. But they are up to something. Maybe they just wanted training in American facilities with American experts...who knows. But it is absolutely outside the ordinary reaction our government is known for.

My co-worker was in Cobo a couple of weeks ago when Hurricane Odile hit. All the foreign nationals were being attended by their governments except the US. Basically, US citizens were SOL. Alaska airlines came in and evacuated a lot of people (free of charge), and a lot of them were evacuated by the Mexican government. The US government, especially under the Obama administration, doesn't give a shit about the citizens. However, we will send troops to Africa during an ebola epidemic; even through I know our government's priorities, I was still shocked when he got back and told us about the experience.