Against All Enemies
““This is beautiful country,” Art Rios said as he turned up the lane leading to the compound. He stopped at the sign warning all unauthorized vehicles to turn back. An extremely sharp soldier wearing camouflaged battle dress appeared and asked Rios for his identification. He glanced in the backseat. Without asking for Durant’s identification, he spoke into his radio, describing the occupants of the car. He stood back and waved them through.
The President was sitting on the deck outside his suite... with four of his staff when Durant joined them. He sat down, thinking what it would be like never to be alone, to always have someone dancing attendance or a huge staff just out of eyesight. “Nelson,” the President said, “we have a problem. Have you seen the videotape?”
Durant assumed he was referring to the video of the two pilots in their cage at El Fasher being pummeled with rocks. “Yes, sir,” he replied.
“I want those two men out,” the President said. “My God, if that tape ever became public—”MoreLess
The President was sitting on the deck outside his suite... with four of his staff when Durant joined them. He sat down, thinking what it would be like never to be alone, to always have someone dancing attendance or a huge staff just out of eyesight. “Nelson,” the President said, “we have a problem. Have you seen the videotape?”
Durant assumed he was referring to the video of the two pilots in their cage at El Fasher being pummeled with rocks. “Yes, sir,” he replied.
“I want those two men out,” the President said. “My God, if that tape ever became public—”MoreLess
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