PENTAGON TO FIGHT THE FLU - AT 5:35 P.M. ET:  The Department of Defense is mobilizing to fight a possible outbreak of swine flu.

The Pentagon is preparing to make troops available if necessary to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency tackle a potential outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall, FOX News has confirmed.

This comes as a government panel recommends certain groups be placed at the front of the line for swine flu vaccinations this fall, including pregnant women, health care workers and children six months and older...

...Defense Secretary Robert Gates is preparing to sign an order authorizing the military to set up five regional teams to deal with the potential outbreak of H1N1 influenza if FEMA requests help.

A senior U.S. defense official told FOX News that the plan calls for military task forces to work in conjunction with the FEMA.

COMMENT:  Can you imagine, can you just imagine, if President Bush had ordered this?  Can you imagine the reaction on the left: 

The head militarist BUSH (!!)  is planning a takeover.  Resist.  Don't let fascist soldiers in your home.  And who is behind it?  CHENEY (!!!!!).

Code Pink would turn completely red. 

July 29, 2009