"Clancy, Tom - Op-Center 04 - Acts of War" - читать интересную книгу автора (Clancy Tom)

to make gains here. And then you've got the Social
Democratic Populist Party, the Democratic
Left Party, the Democratic Center Party, the
Reform Democratic Party, the Prosperity
Party, the Refah Party, the Socialist Unity
Party, the Correct Way Party, and the Great
Anatolia Party, all of which have to be dealt withand
all of whom want their piece of the very small
Turkish pie. Not to mention the Kurds, who want
freedom from the Turks, Iraqis, and
Syrians." Coffey used his index fingers to wipe
sweat from his eyes. "If the Wel-axe Party does
happen to take control of Turkey and its
military, Greece will be threatened. Disputes in the
Aegean Sea will come to a head and NATO will be
torn apart. Europe and the Middle East will
be endangered and everyone will turn to the U.s. for
help. We'll gladly provide it, of course,
but only in the form of shuttle diplomacy. We
can't afford to take sides in a war like that."
"Excellent summation, counselor."
"Except for one thing," Coffey continued. "For
my money, they can all take a flying leap. This
isn't like when you took a leave of absence to save the
spotted owl from loggers."
"Stop," Katzen said. "You're embarrassing
me. I'm not all that virtuous."
"I'm not talking about virtue," Coffey said.
"I'm talking about being committed to something worthwhile.
You went to Oregon, did your on-site
protest, testified at the state legislature, and
got the problem solved. This situation is fifty
centuries years old. Ethnic factions have always
fought one another here and they always will.
We can't stop them, and it's a waste of valuable
resources even trying."
"I disagree," Katzen replied. "We can
mitigate the situation. And who knows? Maybe the
next five thousand years will be better."
"Or maybe the U.s. will get sucked into a
religious war that'll tear us apart,"
Coffey replied. "I'm an isolationist at
heart, Phil. That's one thing Senator Fox and
I have in common. We've got the best country in the
history of the world, and those who don't want to join us
in the democratic melting pot can shoot, bomb,
gas, nuke, and martyour each other until they're
all in Paradise.
I really don't care."
Katzen scowled. "That's one point of view, I