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Collapse or at least put a dent in petroleum / NG prices - no money means no power. New weapons would be good, particularly a new BVR AAM (even longer than AIM-120D sts) and a mucho expanded EW & SEAD-DEAD capability. No way - there's still some more paper we can print.

Good article on a strategy not just flinching tactics to deal with Putin's Russia. How to Defeat Putin We should help rebuild a free Ukraine that will undermine totalitarianism in Russia. 1- Lower energy prices worldwide. 2- Rebuild and support Ukraine. 3 - Begin to or try to pull away client states in the Western Hemisphere (Cuba, Venezuela, etc.) 4 - Rinse, Lather, Repeat.

or a strongly worded letter...

That's how we won WWII - hug it out and our enemies will become frenimies.

Agreed - have flown with DACs (Dept of the Army Civilians) and that level of experience, knowledge and maturity they carry is sorely needed in many places in the USAF. I haven't flown or worked with the GS pilots serving the USAF but I have no doubt that he was great, let the facts come out and make the call then.

No because AIDS is already here and very well understood, expensive to treat but manageable and far easier to prevent. Ebola is incredibly virulent, vastly more contagious and not completely understood. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Knowledge acquired - thank you. Further Google post-football research, good article on probability of Ebola evolving to an airborne virus: Fact or Fiction?: The Ebola Virus Will Go Airborne What I think is most worrisome is that as human infections rise, is that Ebola will jump from primates to another species and find a new reservoir from which to infect us. The flu will commonly go from species to species and raise hell, so why not Ebola? 2

21 days may not be enough time now to tell if someone is infected. New Study Suggests 21-Day Ebola Quarantine Is Dangerously Short I don't think it's time for Code Red 28 Weeks Later lock down but we need to really err to the side of caution.

There is a reason why Ebola is classified as Biosafety Level 4 hazzard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety_level#Biosafety_level_4 The longer we screw around and not stop this in its place, the more chances it has to mutate and become airborne, head for the bunker at that point. Or alternatively, it will find a natural reservoir here in the Western Hemisphere, as it is suspected it is in Fruit Bats in Africa, at that point it is endemic. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/23/ebola-outbreak-blamed-on-fruit-bats-africa

You might be surprised how good and how often some units prepare for these incidents. We just need an Executive wiling to use the capabilities that exist, the civilian leadership is afraid of looking panicky and overreacting, I think it would inspire some confidence (which is sorely lacking) in the Federal Government's competency / seriousness. Guard’s civil support team trains to respond to chemical, biological warfare

The first question the AF asks its potential leaders is not whether or not you did a good job but did anything go wrong on your watch? Even if your performance was at best mediocre but nothing went wrong (probably because said "leader" was so paranoid and conservative that hardly a wheel turned unless that pro-sortie just had to be flown to kill those beans) then you move up. If your approach by hiding behind a reflexive no to anything that entails any risk allowed you to move up, why would you change it when you move up and the stakes get higher to move up to the next level?

Despite all its problems, it is developing some friends. The US jet fighter that can do it all—maybe

Wisconsin Man Jordan Matson Decided To Take On ISIS

A visual is necessary to comprehend the monumental waste. US-funded Afghan C-27s scrapped for 6 cents per pound

It's not Wing Attack Plan R but there is plan for a collapse of the DPRK. OPLAN 5029 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPLAN_5029 https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oplan-5029.htm and the PLA is rumored to be ready also if the Worker's Paradise implodes.... Of Course China Has a Plan for North Korea Collapse

US Southern Command is starting to get how serious a risk an unsecured border / illegal immigration is. Kelly: Southcom Keeps Watch on Ebola Situation By Jim Garamone DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2014 – The potential spread of Ebola into Central and Southern America is a real possibility, the commander of U.S. Southern Command told an audience at the National Defense University here yesterday. “By the end of the year, there’s supposed to be 1.4 million people infected with Ebola and 62 percent of them dying, according to the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention],” Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly said. “That’s horrific. And there is no way we can keep Ebola [contained] in West Africa.” If it comes to the Western Hemisphere, many countries have little ability to deal with an outbreak of the disease, the general said. “So, much like West Africa, it will rage for a period of time,” Kelly said. This is a particularly possible scenario if the disease gets to Haiti or Central America, he said. If the disease gets to countries like Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador, it will cause a panic and people will flee the region, the general said. “If it breaks out, it’s literally, ‘Katie bar the door,’ and there will be mass migration into the United States,” Kelly said. “They will run away from Ebola, or if they suspect they are infected, they will try to get to the United States for treatment.” Also, transnational criminal networks smuggle people and those people can be carrying Ebola, the general said. Kelly spoke of visiting the border of Costa Rica and Nicaragua with U.S. embassy personnel. At that time, a group of men “were waiting in line to pass into Nicaragua and then on their way north,” he recalled. “The embassy person walked over and asked who they were and they told him they were from Liberia and they had been on the road about a week,” Kelly continued. “They met up with the network in Trinidad and now they were on their way to the United States -- illegally, of course.” Those men, he said, “could have made it to New York City and still be within the incubation period for Ebola.” Kelly said his command is in close contact with U.S. Africa Command to see what works and what does not as it prepares for a possible outbreak in the area of operations. (Follow Jim Garamone on Twitter: @garamoneDoDNews) https://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123359

Agreed - a few years ago in the documentary "IOUSA" this point was made by a reporter, quoting him whose name escapes me now: "We're Americans, we don't do anything about anything until it is a crisis..." - perhaps this is the nature of a democracy or a symptom of a nation in decline, the former I hope. No disagreement on where our border & immigration security should be on the list compared to ISIS vs. everyone else in the ME, as long as the oil keeps flowing and the suicidal hordes of jihadis keep it in the sandbox, that's about the best that place will ever be.

Another step in the slow motion suicide of Europe

True - there are instances of insanity in our past but of late they have gotten much worse. What does the phrase "against all enemies foreign and domestic" mean to this dithering group of feckless, over-analyzing, limp wristed lawyers?

If this guy is typical of those in charge, we're f*ck'ed... FBI Director Stuns With His Answer to Question on Americans Who Fight Alongside Islamic State

There is a limit on what the size of pan-Sunni / Islamic State could be but there is enough unifying the Sunnis by alienation & conflict with Alawites, Shia, and Kurds to overcome tribal / cultural differences. ISIS is really a mutation of the Ba'ath party with new and unfortunately improved brutality added in for more kick. Pretty good article on Sunni support for ISIS: Why is there Sunni Arab support for Isis in Iraq?

The ruling class will fight like hell to keep the status quo but the rank and file, Arab nationalists and Islamist factions might go for it... Getting rid of the nations created by Sykes-Picot would be huge F U to the West and hence might gather support across national boundaries - Nasser's dream of a pan-Arab state still appeals to a lot https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/09/18/the-100-year-old-agreement-you-need-to-know-about-if-you-want-to-understand-whats-driving-the-islamic-state/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Back on frequency... With Ebola in Dallas, drug resistant TB, the Enterovirus D68 now spreading in American & Canadian children is probably due to the 60,000+ illegal alien minors who are now in every state and ISIS interested in but not yet able (probably) to infiltrate thru the rusty screen door hanging by one hinge that is our southern and northern borders, are we finally at the point where Fortress America can be built? The need is so obvious that even selfish political & economic interests can be overcome? DOCTOR: GOV’T ‘TIGHT-LIPPED’ ON RESPIRATORY VIRUS, MAY BE FROM ILLEGALS Illegal immigrant brings drug-resistant TB case to Texas Islamic State Has ‘Increased Interest’ in Exploiting Southern U.S. Border for Attack: Local Law Enforcement Bulletin The stable prosperous republic is being killed by the death of a thousand cuts...