The pandemic is going badly for Donald Trump, and it has left US aircraft carriers useless. Long-range bombers are still flying proudly, though.
Pointing out the many government disasters isn’t just an exercise in hindsight – it’s essential for saving lives.
The world spends almost $2 trillion a year on military forces, but they can’t fight the virus causing the biggest crisis since 1945.
US intelligence warned of the new disease last November. The British government failed to follow its own advice. The hindsight defence won’t do.
The richest 1000 people in the UK could easily pay off the cost of coping with the pandemic – but they will fight hard not to.
Warships are a hotbed of infection. And in the pandemic, even healthy military can do little. Will it make us rethink what security really means?
The government knew that pandemics were a major threat – and that the NHS was not ready to handle one. So why have MI6 and GCHQ failed to do their job?
It would be crazy to start a major war in the middle of the pandemic – but don’t put anything past Trump and his Iranian antagonists.
High-tech warfare is not defeating the US’s many enemies any better than its vast army did – and that leaves the country making bizarre alliances.
Military responses haven’t defeated the Taliban and won’t stop ISIS, but the West refuses to address the root causes of the anger.
The tactics of Syrian and Russian forces are unforgiveable – but scarcely different to what the US and its allies were doing just a few years ago.
The Taliban remain strong despite everything the US is throwing at them – but how serious is Trump about a peace deal?
