Comment: When the Liberian president recently wrote a letter to Obama asking for help in fighting the Ebola outbreak, armed troops is not what he had in mind! But when all you have is a hammer you treat everything as a nail.
© Cellou Binani/AFP/Getty ImagesView of an isolation center for people infected with Ebola at Donka Hospital in Conakry
"We don't need guns to protect us for now. What we need now is drugs. We need vaccine to curtail the spread of this virus. So it is unfortunate to hear that America is sending over 3,000 troops," one Liberian citizen said.
"If it is an armed troop then I will start to question myself whether this virus can be fought by guns or so," said another Liberian.
On Tuesday, Obama described the Ebola epidemic in West Africa as a threat to the entire world.
In an address from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Obama celled the US effort to fight the virus being part of "the largest international response in the history of the CDC"
"This is an epidemic that is not just a threat to regional security. It's a potential threat to global security, if these countries break down, if their economies break down, if people panic," he said.
"That has profound effects on all of us, even if we are not directly contracting the disease," he added. This outbreak is already "spiraling out of control."
Earlier, the World Health Organization said the number of Ebola cases in West Africa could start doubling every three weeks and the crisis could end up costing nearly $1 billion to contain.
Ebola has claimed over 2,400 lives so far and nearly 5,000 people have been infected.
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