Flumes Vol. 2 Issue 2 Winter 2017 | Page 91

GENERAL:

OK, al-Qaida operatives.

CLARK:

According to the Center for Defense Studies there were

about two thousand active members in 2008, but now they’re down to somewhere in the range of two to three hundred – worldwide.

GENERAL:

That’s it?

CLARK:

Yes, sir.

GENERAL:

You’re telling me that the United States army, the most

powerful armed force in history, is fighting two hundred

towel head terrorists.

Clark coughs, uncomfortable.

GENERAL:

Well?

CLARK:

That’s what our intelligence says.

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