Chapter 36IN ADDITION TO HIS regular daily briefings the next morning, the president received a report that the Israeli shipping lanes were clear and most of the turbines had been salvaged. But he needed a new plan. Despite being surrounded, the president stared out his window at the ocean of green. What he imagined was an armada of anything that would float.
He said, “The people of Britain rose to the challenge in 1940 and rescued over three hundred thousand men at Dunkirk.” Behind him, the movement stopped and heads turned, faces questioning what he was talking about. “I have less than three months left to make this work. In four weeks, we'll see who gets to continue the job, or maybe end the program. We need momentum and we need it now.” The vision faded, and he confronted his advisors
