ADDENDUM TO THE ADDENDUM ....

Again the focus of this blog is on the COVID-19 pandemic, as it is shaping our present lives and our futures. As we all sit contemplating our past with all its wars, hegemony, colonialism and imperialism, apartheid, fascism, and all forms of man-made aggression and brutality, a virus crippled the entire world, its population, armies and politicians, its corporate and very rich as well as its poorest segments.

Practically every country around the world is asking the same, where are the corona tests? where are the masks and the protective equipment? where are the ventilators? where are the vaccines and cures to treat patients? where's the direct support to people who lost or cannot go to their jobs? and to small businesses who lost any hope to recover, to people who's rents and bills were due weeks ago?

 China and India are helping many needy countries with medical equipment and medicine, while we the civilized, white, Christian and noble West cannot decide to lift our vindictive sanctions on many countries and trapped desperate people like the Gaza Palestinians or Iranians or Venezuelans, or Yemenis, we only think in terms of annihilation, domination and warring. 

We are facing an unprecedented moment in the life of humanity, health care providers are asked to create and make miracles, while being denied basic equipment and protective gear, parents are asked to school their children at home, isolate and attend their loved ones, while they don't know if they'll have enough money for food and rent and basic necessities.

Grocery and food delivery workers are told they are essential workers, and yes they are our heroes, while being denied the basic ability to stay safe at work by their companies and our legislation. So forgive me for a moment if bailing out Boeing or Wall-Street, or even the pharma and military industries, or reopening Mar-A-Lago club and hotel isn't a top priority of mine. In Mr. Trump's language and logic "America first" does not necessarily mean Americans first, certainly not all of them.

All over, God, tribes and political partisanship, big business and free enterprise failed to save the U.S. and the world from a minute virus. It's high time to stop thinking and theorizing that unlimited money to "Keep America and Americans safe" can and should only be spent on planes, bombs and stupid imperialist aggressive adventures, while one pandemic is wiping up tens of thousands of Americans and many, many more worldwide, while we're sitting and watching helplessly.

These unprecedented and dangerous times, should when we all, over the entire world, get over it and regain some normalcy in our lives, then hopefully we can all sit and reexamine what has caused it, and how to prevent it in the future, globally, as well as our deep fractional divisions worldwide and in this country.
             My as always many thanks to all my readers, stay safe .