[War] US: Yeah, and?

Tue Apr 1 10:35:34 EDT 2008

Wait a minute, Obama, Clinton... McCain.... agreeing....

What day is it today?

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:53 AM, John Penta <john.penta at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Yeah, and?"
> Pres. John Williams
> USA
> ===============
> <Washington>
>
>   Well, the Chinese had temporarily seemed to gain a march.
>
>   The Gang of Eight was meeting again, in 30 minutes. But before
> that, Williams was in his private office in the Residence, looking at
> a different wall. One that had two pictures on it, now.
>
>   The feelings in his head were familiar. Guilt, An aching sadness. A
> self-doubt he tried not to show.
>
>   A knock on the door.
>
>   "Enter," Williams called brusquely.
>
>   Secretary Abbot walked in...joined by Senator Obama? Curious.
>
>   "Come to ask for my resignation?" Williams asked. "My
> responsibility, Hong's right there."
>
>   "No. Your pistol, Ioannes." Abbot replied. "Now."
>
>   "What pistol? You think the Secret Service would let me have one?"
>
>   "The one you keep in your desk with the other locked stuff."
>
>    "I'm not going to use it, dammit."
>
>    "I'm not taking the chsnce, adelphos. Your sidearm. Weapon to me,
> ammunition to the Senator. You'll unload and clear it in front of us."
>
>    "Will I ever get it back?"
>
>     "Maybe. Ioannes, the black dog is bitin' hard right now, eh?"
>
>     "Eh."
>
>      "As I suspected."
>
>      With that, Williams opened the first drawer to the right, first
> from the top, with a key from around his right wrist, under his shirt
> cuff. Drawer opened, out came a pistol, a , and an extra clip of
> ammunition, which was handed to Senator Obama. The pistol was pointed
> downwards, unloaded with a finger press, the ammunition handed to
> Obama, and the empty chamber cleared with another motion. Then, the
> gun was handed, grip-first, to Abbot, who placed it all in a case.
>
>      "For the record, Mr. President, the Democratic party will not
> accept your resignation,so don't offer it." Obama noted. "We approved
> it too, remember."
>
>      "Nor will your cabinet," Abbot added. "I know you feel guilty.
> Just like how we both did after ops that went bad. But you aren't the
> type to give up." Pause. "If you haven't, now would -"
>
>      "Be a good time for him to take his meds? Yeah, I grabbed em
> from Kay," Obama noted.
>
>      "When the fuck did you find out, and from who?" Williams asked
> suspiciously.
>
>      "It's not hard to guess. Though, John...You should tell the
> country, sometime." That from Kay, who walked through the door and
> hugged her husband. "Not now, but sometime."
>
>      "Why, so they and the world think me as incompetent as I feel,
> probably am?"
>
>      "No, because you talking about it would make it okay to talk
> about, to get treatment for," noted John McCain, newly the Senate
> Republican leader after Ted Stevens resigned to face corruption
> charges in Alaska.
>
>      "Enough about me. No more fucking Emo," Williams noted gruffly.
> "Kay, if you'll leave us so the Covert Ops Committee can meet?"
>
>      "Go to hell, John." Kay could be direct sometimes. Why he loved
> her. Even when she made his life painful, he adored her honesty with
> him. They'd broken up 3 times while they were dating, but had gotten
> back together every time. "Not today."
>
>       Glances showed....nobody else disagreed with her.
>
>       As Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the group, including Hillary
> Clinton as Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Armed Services
> Committee, gathered, Williams poured coffee for everyone. "So.
> Options?"
>
>       "Unless you want to start World War 3, a breakout isn't one of
> them," Abbot noted.
>
>       "There may be merit to admitting it. Aggressively," Obama replied.
>
>       "And nuke our image internationally?" Williams replied.
>
>       "They tortured our guys," McCain noted. "You can tell - they
> were subtle, but you can tell by the pics."
>
>        "They'll deny, deny, deny on that," Pelosi responded.
>
>        "Just like Hanoi did," McCain replied. "The families?"
>
>        "Notified as soon as we suspected capture," replied DNI Nick
> Manfredi. "They're vehemently *against* negotiations, surprisingly."
>
>        "Thought: Admit it, very matter-of-factly. Yes, we did. Just
> like the Chinese supplied Vietnam, we intend to bleed them dry,"
> Secstate Chris Hill offered.
>
>         "And spark World War 3," Williams replied.
>
>         "No, Eeyore. Not if we spin it right."
>
>         "We've seen how bad I am at that, right?"
>
>         "Only in your head. I'll do the spinning with assistance from
> Congress."
>
>          "Give us our people, alive, or face a trade embargo. We can
> source from other Asian countries. India can pick up the slack," Nancy
> Pelosi suggested.
>
>          "I'll head to Asia, try to convince others to join in,"
> noted John McCain.
>
>          "I'll handle Europe," Clinton offered.
>
>          "I'll handle Eastern Europe," Abbot noted.
>
>          "I'll take Latin America," noted Nancy Pelosi.
>
>          "I'll do Africa," offered Chris Hill.
>
>          "No trade in PRC goods, no sales to the PRC, no shipping on
> PRC ships or aircraft," Pelosi offered. "We'll let Commerce decide
> where they're most vulnerable."
>
>          "Oh, also. Taiwan gets another billion in arms sales
> authorized, cash and carry basis," suggested Hillary Clinton.
>
>          "And we'll have Congressional support for all that?" Williams
> asked.
>
>           "Yeah. You agree to meet with Pastor Wilson?" asked Pelosi.
>
>            "I already invited him for the 6th." Williams replied.
>
>            "Then, deal. Anybody who speaks against it will run
> against the party."
>
>             "Both parties," clarified McCain.
>
>             "Ladies and gentlemen, a toast? To our captured
> comrades." Williams decided.
>
>             "Our captured comrades."
> ----
> Actions:
> 1. US Response: Yup, we did it. Just like you supplied the Viet Cong.
> 2. Leaders as above to travel the world to get support for trade
> embargo vs PRC, until they withdraw from North Korea and return our
> guys - ALIVE!
> 3. Taiwan, you had an arms request? Well, you got the money, we got
> the gunny. Cash and carry, please. All checks payable to the US
> Treasury, certified checks only.
> 4. John McCain to remind the world of the possibility of torture by the
> PRC.
> 5. What specifically gets embargoed to be decided by Commerce Dept.
> 6. Explain to the American people: There are some things more
> important than low prices. Principles and our people are among them.
> It'll not be fun, but this is what is sometimes required.
>
> _______________________________________________
> War mailing list
> War at esteroic.com
> http://esteroic.com/mailman/listinfo/war_esteroic.com
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://esteroic.com/pipermail/war_esteroic.com/attachments/20080401/d0d94f21/attachment.html 