The machinery of American empire is beginning to buckle under the weight of its own wars. With weapons stockpiles dwindling, military bases damaged and exhausted service members enduring extended deployments and deteriorating conditions, the gulf between Washington’s ambitions and its actual capabilities is becoming impossible to conceal. On The World This Week, Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria speaks with former U.S. Army colonel and diplomat Ann Wright and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern about the human cost of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, the corruption hollowing out the military establishment and whether America’s latest defeat could finally force a reckoning with an empire in retreat.
CORRECTION: Research carried out at the Wuhan lab was conducted in a bio security lab level 2 (BSL2), not level 3 as the host mentioned in the webcast. His point was that BSL 4 conditions, with air-tight suits, would have been required for an air-borne virus. At BSL2, only lab coats are worn. The research was also on bat coronaviruses, not monkey viruses as the host said.
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