96 Million Cases and A Militarized Washington DC

Covid-19 still soars high and higher. The world has now registered 96 million cases and 2 million deaths.

In Washington DC, USA, it has been reported that there are about 25,000 National Guard troops being deployed for Joe Biden’s inauguration today.

Never will the country witness any presidential investiture that is more heavily guarded since that of President Abraham Lincoln (left) in 1861! 

Since Lincoln's election in November 1860, there were endless reports of plots to kidnap or kill him, or march on Washington and seize the government, according to accounts by Harold Holzer and fellow historian Ted Widmer. 

One alleged plot called for the seizure of the city and the public archives, and for the insurrectionists to be acknowledged abroad as “The United States of America”. Many people actually wanted Lincoln dead. 

The Army deployed artillery. Snipers watched from rooftops and windows, and Lincoln had been guarded by infantry and cavalry on his carriage ride through the streets to the Capitol. 

One hundred and sixty years later, the military have still to come out in full force to protect Biden (right).

America is looking more and more like a banana republic!