TB Quarantines and PB (Permanent Bases)

1. Trans-Atlantic air traveler in quarantine with dangerous TB — I wonder, will his fate be the same as that of Robert Daniels? — Surely there is a humane way to quarantine a person that looks less like punishment for becoming ill.
2. It can never be said that we at The Stump didn’t see this coming: Bush envisions U.S. presence in Iraq like S.Korea — The lead: …President George W. Bush would like to see a lengthy U.S. troop presence in Iraq like the one in South Korea to provide stability but not in a frontline combat role… — We said back in that March 18, 2006 post that the time for “a good faith discussion about this in the public arena” would end when “the White House propaganda squad decides it’s time to sell the idea of permanent bases to the American people.” Looks like that time has passed. —