Flumes Vol. 2 Issue 2 Winter 2017 | Page 100

CLARK:

It’s Mrs. Clark.

GENERAL:

Yes, of course, Mrs. I’m sorry.

CLARK

Off the record?

GENERAL:

Yep, I want to know what you think.

CLARK:

I’m not sure, sir?

GENERAL:

Not sure what you think or not sure what to tell me?

She looks at him, trying to decide what to say.

GENERAL:

I’m not gonna bite you. She puts down her files.

CLARK:

I don’t think our response is in proportion to al-Qaida’s threat. So far we’ve spent three trillion dollars on two wars, we’ve suffered over four thousand casualties and thirty two thousand wounded. I would remind you, sir, that this is against an al-Qaida force of roughly two to three hundred men.

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