He remembered the veterans' stories about Vietnam, how the terrorists did the unthinkable in winning the war. Once Saigon fell, then Phnom Penh and Vientiane went next. That's how it could go here. First Baghdad, then Damascus, then…who knows? Wherever they went next, there would be billions of dollars in oil money awaiting. A gig like this might turn into some kind of retirement plan. If the Ayatollah turned them into some kind of Republican Guard, who knows. Mike Mc Cord might be a Minister of Defense one day. Fancy that.
That Ayatollah was a crazy old son of a b***h: that was a fact. He must have been some kind of magician back in the day. He had the whole cavern near Aleppo rigged with special effects. He made smoke and fire appear from nowhere, he could disappear at will. He even thr
