Peace: Forever War
IT HAD BEEN A VERY fast, very brutal war.
Jerusalem now lay buried beneath waters. All sides had agreed to a permanent truce.
And the United States had agreed to be the caretaker of religious freedom over the grave of the oldest and most contested worshiping area on this planet.
Japan was the final say in the peace accords.
For now, we had time to bind our wounds, to care for our widows and orphans. To settle refugees in their new homes.
Out of the new budget that the United States committed, a dome was to be raised over the city to protect the religious artifacts, with the idea of creating a new open worship area for all faiths.
It was astonishing to find such an agreement once the entire area had sank and become useless to everyone.
And no one believed that for
