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Date Posted: 09:39:50 10/06/05 Thu
Author: Chuck in ND
Subject: What would you call this?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051004/ts_nm/bush_birdflu_dc

(Sorry I just had to reformat my computer this week, and I still don't have back the info on how to link a webpage. You'll have to endure my cut and paste. :D )

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush asked Congress on Tuesday to consider giving him powers to use the military to enforce quarantines in case of an avian influenza epidemic.

He said the military, and perhaps the National Guard, might be needed to take such a role if the feared H5N1 bird flu virus changes enough to cause widespread human infection.

"If we had an outbreak somewhere in the United States, do we not then quarantine that part of the country? And how do you, then, enforce a quarantine?" Bush asked at a news conference.

"It's one thing to shut down airplanes. It's another thing to prevent people from coming in to get exposed to the avian flu. And who best to be able to effect a quarantine?" Bush added.

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

There's more in the article, but this is the meat of it.

Sooooo....what are the ramifications of using the military to deal with an outbreak? Is this the end of liberty? Of any trace of our republic? Or is it an appropriate response to a major crisis? What message should we be passing along to our Congresssmen about this proposal?

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www.drudgereport.com (10/6) "God told me......" -- stan, 12:44:49 10/06/05 Thu
I believe... -- TastingTheBlood Clarke, 13:46:03 10/06/05 Thu
- Amen! (NT) -- Jean, 19:40:35 10/11/05 Tue