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THE WAR TO COME

"Good day, General Raines. Once again, thanks for the cease-fire and the
help in recovering the bodies."

Ben watched the Federal colonel make his way down the bank and step into
a boat, then he turned to his team. "Well, I tried."

"They want a fight, Pops," Anna told him. "From President Osterman on
down. We might as well make up our minds to give them one and get it
over with."

"Problem is, Kiddo, once it starts for real it'll never be over."

"Get down, General!" a Rebel shouted. "The Feds just jerked down the
white flag."

Ben and his team ducked for cover just in time. Gunfire raked the top of
the bank where they'd been standing.

"Bastards!" Ben said, spitting out a mouth of dirt and grass.

"You really think this fight will last that long, Pops?" Anna asked.

"It'll probably last for years, Anna, in one form or another."

"And we'll win it?"

"Oh, we'll win the battles. I have no doubts about that. But the hatred
will last for years and years. This civil war won't be like the first
one, a hundred and fifty years ago. Many of those veterans shook hands
and forgave one another. They posed together for pictures and paintings.
Had parades. This is a brand new war, Anna-the USA's godless
totalitarian government against the SUSA's small government offering
maximum freedom for its citizens. We'll win the war, but to do it we're
going to have to virtually destroy the states aligned with the USA. And
that, my dear, is going to rip this country apart, so far apart it will
leave a wound that might never heal."

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