March 25, 2021
One Year In: How Militarism Made the Pandemic Worse
When the world needed collaboration across borders to control the pandemic, U.S. militarism led to the opposite. We must change course.
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On March 13, 2020, then-President Donald Trump declared a national emergency due to COVID-19, warning that the unfolding calamity “threatens to strain our nation’s healthcare systems.” Like a looming tidal wave, the disaster would inundate our country and the world.
On the same day, the Pentagon spent more than $910 million on military contractors alone. Not on troops or operations—just private contractors. A huge sum, but a drop in the bucket for a military that got $740 billion in 2020.
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