Americans Realize Gov't Can't Protect US -Exclusive: Marc E. Fitch Warns of 'Breakdown in Nation's Ability to Confront Threats'

Marc E. Fitch / WND

We are supposedly a nation run by the best and brightest, but that light seems to be dimming.

The official government experts are failing repeatedly, and that is not good news for public confidence in America’s ability to do, well, anything. From building a website to stopping terrorism, the last 14 years have shown a remarkable decline in American government effectiveness. Most importantly is its inability to protect our citizens or enact basic common-sense controls to prevent disasters both natural and man made.

Of course, this is most recently in evidence with the news that the Ebola virus, despite all expert and presidential assurances to the contrary, has reached our shores. Naturally that media coverage has been extensive and has not added to the public’s confidence in the ability of government experts and organizations to handle real life issues when they arise. More so, it has revealed a stunning lack of common sense, which leads us to wonder, is this bumbling on purpose, or is our government is so paralyzed with bureaucratic hurdles that it is no longer able to meet real-world challenges?

The quarantined family had little to no help from the CDC, only being told that they had to stay in their apartment for three weeks with armed police officers outside the door and a crew was sent to clean up the infected man’s vomit – no hazmat suits or anything of the sort. Considering that the two infected Americans who were flown in from West Africa did so in a special jet and transported in medical bubbles, the seeming lack of concern when dealing with the cleanup has been disconcerting and a bit confusing.

We are essentially being told two different things: Ebola is so dangerous we need a special jet and boy-in-a-plastic-bubble containment. But also, don’t worry about the virus. It’s not that infectious and doesn’t require strict precautions.

Of course, the biggest question is, “Why are we still taking flights from West African countries with outbreaks?” This would seem a common-sense measure to take when you have a massive ocean separating the United States from the afflicted countries, but that’s when the experts ride in to explain that such measures really wouldn’t keep anyone safe. Here are some of the explanations recently offered from government experts in a Washington Post article:

• Air travel restrictions ignore the way Ebola is transmitted.

• The restrictions are also redundant.

• Travel restrictions make fighting Ebola much harder.

• Restricting air travel will make West Africa’s humanitarian crisis worse.

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