“‘There is no argument the disease is out in front of the response,’ said Ken Isaacs, vice president of programs and government relations for Samaritan's Purse, who as an expert in humanitarian assistance is leading who is leading the relief organization's Ebola efforts in Liberia. In terms of response, he added, ‘where we are today is where we should have been 60 to 90 days ago.’”

Major General Darryl Williams, the commander of U.S. Army Africa and the leader of the advance team in Liberia, told CNN that the mandate – straight from President Obama – is different from other missions:

“As Williams inspected the construction of the Monrovia Medical Unit, a facility specifically for infected health workers to be run by U.S. government health teams, a crowd of local residents monitors progress from just across the road.

“‘While we'll do a lot of tangible things – we'll build this hospital, we'll build the Ebola treatment units, provide these labs – there's a lot of intangible nature to this fight,’ he said.

“‘You want to give people the resilience, the hope that they can fight this thing and see this through.’

“His U.S. Army Africa advance team is tiny compared to the 101st Airborne that will be replacing them in the coming weeks.”

More US fighting forces are on the way.

Last week in Texas, Governer Rick Perry visited with soldiers preparing to deploy to West Africa for this humanitarian mission.

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