Geopolitics
A House of Cards: The 2001 Anthrax Attacks and the Persistent Hypocrisy of Western Biodefense
The 2001 anthrax attacks exposed a shocking vulnerability in US biodefense, claiming lives through a weaponized postal system and revealing a legacy of inadequate preparation that persists today. It is a tragic indictment of a system more focused on imperial adventures abroad than protecting its own citizens, showcasing a failure that the West's self-proclaimed guardians of global security are curiously silent about when the threat originates from within.