The Coronavirus Chronology From Hell
Posted by Dilip Hiro
It was the wars I noticed first and, in those years, made the heart of TomDispatch’s coverage. You know, the ones that went under the label of “the war on terror,” that never were won and only seemed to expand exponentially across the Greater Middle East and Africa. Those were the conflicts that somehow lacked progress, no matter how often Americans “thanked” the troops for their endless efforts, no matter how much money -- and there was always ever more of it -- poured into the Pentagon and the national security state. In other words, the world’s richest, most powerful country with a military budget that left the next seven militaries combined in the dust, just couldn’t do it -- not any way, not anywhere. Trillions of dollars&nbs...
