Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

I can think of something good that has come out of Covid, and that is, deterrence of war. If you recall, Trump almost started a war with Iran last year. And then in January, he killed Iranian General Soleimani along with 9 Iraqis, after he was invited to Iraq by the Prime Minister of Iraq to discuss peace in the region, including how to defuse the longstanding friction between Saudi Arabia and Iran. So, that's what he was there for, and we killed him. We said he was a terrorist, but he was actually internationally recognized for fighting terrorism. And one of the Iraqis we killed with him was Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, the head of an Iraqi militia, a unit within the Iraqi Armed Forces, and also a member of the Iraqi Parliament. But, we didn't like him, so we killed him. And, we pretend that we recognize and respect Iraq's sovereignty. And you wonder why Iraqis hate us so much.

And ironically, the killing of Soleimani occurred after the Covid crisis began. It was underway in China, for it was January, and Covid started there in December.

But, Bolton, Pompeo, and other Iran-haters had Trump's ear, and a war almost got started. The mainstream media seemed gung-ho about it, just as they were before the disastrous Afghanistan War in 2001 and the tragic Iraq War in 2003.

But, the nice thing now is: How are you going to start a war if your soldiers all have to wear face masks and have to social distance 6 feet or more apart? It makes it rather tough. Plus, I think the very idea of it would go over like a lead balloon at this point.

Another country we may have attacked by now if not for Covid is Venezuela.

So, if you're wondering what the sunny side of Covid is, this is it: the sidelining of war. May that side effect last forever.