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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