‘Well, what else can we do?’ The President’s question was fired-off into a room full of uneasy faces.
‘Nothing, Mr President,’ answered the air chief quietly.
The President threw his pen up in the air and it landed with an overloud clatter on the boardroom table denting the French polishing.
‘Nothing,’ repeated the President, dangerously calm.
The army chief shook his head sadly, ‘I agree; if we send in troops, the same thing will happen as happened to the UK show of strength, you saw it for yourself, sir, it evaporated. And the risk is high that it won’t just be the weapons that disappear in any further attempts. The warnings are clear.’
‘And what if they come here?’ asked the President, for the fifth time.
‘As I said, Mr President, we will monitor everything and try to learn as muc
