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“Hal,” the President said, “what do I do?”
Оглавление“I wish I could help you, sir, but I honestly don’t know. My best people are on it.”
“I’ve got people on one side of me telling me to declare martial law,” the Man said. “There’s a group of people in the Joint Chiefs of Staff who have already drawn up a contingency plan, but my instincts tell me that’s the wrong approach. I need your honest opinion.”
“I think you should level with the people, sir,” Brognola replied. “You should go on television and tell them we have a dangerous situation to deal with. They should be vigilant, but not fearful.”
The President pondered the advice. “That might work for a short time,” he said. “But if we have a wave of shootings tomorrow, people are going to riot. And if that happens, I’ll have no option but to declare martial law.”
