“None, sir! But...why me?” Phil asked.
“Mister Genero, we’ve had very little warning that we’d be going on this State Department boondoggle. We’re making it up as we go along. I’ve accounted for every contingency, but there’s always the unexpected gremlin in the machinery, isn’t there?” the colonel asked. “You’re coming along precisely because you are neither a diplomat nor a military expert. You’ll play rover on our diplomatic military team. You’ll do everything that I direct you to do. Feel up to it?” Moses challenged.
“Sure, sir. I’m your man!” Genero responded.
“Good answer! The next question I have is whether you have guile and the soul of an actor?” Col. Moses wondered.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about, sir.”
“Listen up, and I’ll tell you what I expect from you. The day
