Liberia Welcomes US Military Role in Ebola Fight
James Butty
September 08, 2014 1:52 AM
Liberia?s Defense Minister Brownie Samukai has welcomed President Barack Obama?s announcement that the U.S. military will help in the fight against the Ebola virus.
Samukai, who is currently in the United States, said his visit is part of his government?s effort to bring to the attention of the international community the scale of the Ebola virus and solicit their support.
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Samukai expressed regrets and said the military has learned some lessons from the West Point protest.
?There?s always lesson learned. It was a very unfortunate incident. It?s not the norm, but it was a very unfortunate incident that occurred, and we are very regretful that that incident occurred, and that was not intended to show in any way what things are,? Samukai said.
There have been calls for an independent investigation because some residents of West Point and civil society have said they don?t believe the army can be impartial.
Samukai said the army will be fair in using its own internal investigative process.
?Let us be fair to ourselves. Everywhere in the global community, where there?s an incident involving the military personnel, there is no international human rights commission or there?s no international investigation that takes place. First, the military itself has to police itself using the credibility of the uniform court of military justice. So, we have to be fair to ourselves and that is our intention,? Samukai said...
