~ APRIL 30 2012 ~

Your name is Aspen James Foster. For the past 98 days, you have been the President of the United States. It is not a fair world. If it were, you wouldn’t be sitting in the Oval at all. Your largest concerns would be about funding for whichever national parks are not receiving enough tourists. But it’s not a fair world. Just a few bombs in the Capitol building promoted you from a nobody Secretary of the Interior to the most powerful man in the free world. Now your priorities are keeping the country running, managing a half-empty Congress, handling multiple constitutional controversies and (most notably) fighting a war against the organization that caused this turmoil. All of this while trying to secure a full term in the White House in your own right.

You are currently on a flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. There you will make your case to bring more nation states on to join the coalition against this terrorist group.

“Bobby, was it?”

“Huh? Oh, uh…yes, Mr. President.”

“Please, just Foster.”

You gesture to your assistant. Well, one of your assistants. He’s a new member of your staff, and that’s about all you know.

“We’re about to land. Can you give me a recap on the situation?”

“I can, sir- Sorry, I mean Foster.”

Bobby places the binder in his hand onto your desk, flipping through the pages.

“On January 24th 2012, the terrorist group Mujahideen for the Sake of God—MFSA for short detonated a series of specifically placed bombs in the Capitol building. The operation was orchestrated by the head of the MFSA, Rajab al-Hai. al-Hai utilized insider c-”

You raise your hand for Bobby to stop.

“Alright, I know all this. What’s next?”

“Uhm…right, yeah. Let’s see…”

The kid flips through the pages in his binder. You sigh.

“Ah! Okay, here we are. Ever since Operation Judgement Day had begun—that’s the name of the war, by the way.”

You rub your temple, ducking your face down into your lap. Does this kid not realize that you’re the one who made that name? Hell, does he not realize you’re the one that was involved in a lot of these developments? You think to yourself while the boy continues rambling that this should be obvious.

“Ever since Operation Judgement Day, the MFSA has been making extreme gains in Iraq to the point that the Iraqi government has all but collapsed, leaving them to fill the vacuum. Currently, our coalition consists of NATO and Saudi Arabia, and now we’re-”

You raise your hand to stop him again.

“Just…just tell me who’s all attending.”

“R-Right.”

Bobby flips through the binders. A drop of sweat trickles down his forehead.

“Aside from the heads of state from Turkey and Saudi Arabia, both of whom are already allied with us in this conflict, six other nation’s representatives will be attending. The list is as follows: Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait and Iran.”

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