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~ APRIL 11 2012 ~
It’s been two days since you went on Fox News and the public response has been confirmed…and it’s unimpressively lackluster. If it’s a giant wave of newfound support across the aisle or a thunderous roar of disapproval from your own base that you were expecting, then you are left disappointed. This doesn’t hurt your current support and your chances of a term in your own right, but it doesn’t help you gain any ground either. All in all, you wasted a lot of precious time that could’ve been spent on the campaign trail.
You sigh, rubbing your temple while reclined in your office chair. You reach for the phone and dial your campaign chairman.
“Hey, it’s me. Let’s get to work on that platform.”
~ APRIL 12 2012 ~
It’s an hour before noon, Eastern Standard Time. You have been called into the situation room, where another twenty or so men and women (mostly men) in suits and military uniform (mostly the latter) are gathered around to discuss the latest developments in Operation Judgement Day. This hasn’t been the first time you’ve been here and it’s far from the last. You can already basically skip through half the conversation on auto pilot at this point.
“What’s this?”
In front of you is a digital map of Iraq and its surrounding neighbors. It looks different from the last one you had seen. There is a lot of blue on the map now, but there is more black as well.
“Sir, the good news is that we have successfully pushed the MFSA out of Saudi Arabia and have them contained within Iraq as of 12:30AM this morning.”
Silence befalls the generals who look at each other with apprehension before one of them continues where his fellow officer had left off.
“…the bad news is that the MFSA have made tremendous gains within Iraq while we were doing so. As you can see here,”
He points to the map, somewhere in the center of Iraq.
“Baghdad has capitulated to the MFSA. The Iraqi government is in disarray, and if something isn’t done we could see the vast majority of the country under their control.”
You sigh a deep sigh.
“I’m going to go ahead and assume that this is all incredibly bad for us.”
Everyone replies with silent, affirming nods.
“Well, alright then…so what are our options?”
“Mr. President, I suggest we look back at inviting some of our allies into the effort. As it stands, we only have the Saudis supporting us. NATO is only one call away.”
“I disagree, Mr. President. The way that I see it, this is a manpower issue. We currently only have 100,000 troops deployed in the region. If you permit us to raise that number to 200,000, we can break the current standstill on the front lines.”
“Would this require a draft?”
“Partially, sir.”
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