Chapter 26“MR. PRESIDENT, in spite of all we have seen and all that has happened tonight, I need time to absorb your proposal. You expect much, perhaps more than is possible,” said the Lebanese president. “You cannot appreciate how limited my authority is. Hezbollah can veto anything we might decide.”
“Mr. President, you have just witnessed what we can do. Some of you have already seen it first hand, though you may not have known it.”
“That was YOU?” proclaimed the Narian president. “But how? They were underground.” The president smiled but said nothing, watching his audience exchange glances.
“I am committed to our collective success,” said the president. “You have heard our proposal. Perhaps you need to consider it in some quiet. We'll stop for now and resume tomorrow morning. Same tr
