Chapter Forty-Five
Once the news of the missile threat began to reach government heads around the world, the Secretary-General of the United Nations initiated the protocol to convene an emergency meeting of the Security Council, but everyone knew the move was futile because two of the five members were principals in the action, and both had veto power over any decision made by the body.
The country that appeared to be caught off guard the most by the news was the U. S., and its deer-in-the-headlight look of disbelief reaction was of keen interest to the Chinese who had just lost an entire espionage network in the same country. The dichotomy between brilliance and ignorance was creating a great deal of confusion for the Central Committee and Chairman Jeng, but Friendship Paradise would pr
