No looting, no military disappearing, no arms disappearing, no ammo disappearing, no Muqtada al Sadr I'm wrecking his bones no insurgency.

The other is that, until and unless we control this epidemic, it will continue to expand and worsen for decades, killing unbelievably large numbers of people and wrecking entire societies.

The global oil industry is having a field day fracking, drilling, exploring in the Arctic, gasifying coal, and building new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities. The world is wrecking the climate and food supply systems at a breakneck pace.

BOSTON One does not need to spend a lifetime in the global health care sector to appreciate that substandard or counterfeit drugs are a major public health hazard. These bogus products have infiltrated pharmaceutical supply chains from Azerbaijan to Zambia, wrecking the most promising programs to control, manage, and eradicate deadly diseases.

At the height of the Soviet Afghanistan war in the 1980 s, Pakistan was the covert conduit for Filipino Muslim militants passing to and from Afghanistan and back to the island of Mindanao, which has long been a stronghold of Muslim rebels. Their experience in guerrilla warfare produced leaders such as the brothers Abdurajak and Khadaffy Janjalani who founded the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group, which is now wrecking havoc in the Philippines.