Andrew J.

The US military should be winning wars, not fighting Ebola

These feelgood humanitarian missions suggest that money’s being spent in the wrong place —and that we’re not facing up to failure in the Middle East

US air Force soldiers delimit with barbed wire the position of the next Ebola treatment center reserved for contaminated healthcare workers in Monrovia, on October 6, 2014, where the virus continues to claim more victims. Liberia is the country hit hardest by the largest Ebola outbreak on record, accounting for about two-thirds of the total 3,338 deaths recorded in the region since the beginning of the year. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT (Photo credit should read PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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