On FPF #479, I discuss the first death of a US sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt of Covid-19. The story of the outbreak on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier became a national story after a letter sent by the captain of the ship warned that his sailors would die for no reason of Covid-19. Captain Cozier’s warning coming true reveals that the country’s leadership doesn’t care about the troops. The empire further exposed by not seeing the situation on the Roosevelt as a possibility for other ships. The US continues to deploy ships, off Venezuela’s coast, or through the Taiwan Strait, on pointless missions that have nothing to do with national security.
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