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Operation Inner Light : GI Joe vs. The Corps!
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11-20-2016, 12:48 AM
DerStahlhelm
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Chapter Seven: On the Circuit
October 20th, 1984, Below Ft. Wadsworth, Staten Island, NY
General Clayton Abernathy, code name: Hawk, watched the television with increasing consternation. The hostage rescue in Val Verde had been the biggest news item of the last twenty four hours, with all the major networks replaying clips of the press conference Ted Jones had called when his ship had pulled into Panama City. It really was a brilliant PR move on Jones' part, Hawk thought, even the President had said good things about the operation. Of course he had, you couldn't have the President saying that maybe those hostages could have stayed in captivity a little longer while he made up his mind what to do, could you?
"And this is some of the more level headed coverage, sir" Lt. Shana O'hara said, "GNN is practically calling for him to be canonized. Of, course, he does own that network..."
"What about the papers?" Hawk asked.
"About what you'd expect, sir. The Times is reserved, the Post seems to support him, at least on this one operation, the Bugle as well, with the usual level of hyperbole. No one in the press seems to have any hard data on his organization, though. If you remember, they pretty much laughed him off last summer. He'll have media lined up for at least the rest of the week, no doubt." The lieutenant's code name was Scarlett, fitting for both her surname and her fiery mane. Her initial inclusion on the team had been a concession with Langley, they wanted an in on the team, and he needed access to their resources. As it turned out, she was a brilliant intelligence analyst and fought like a cornered wolverine in the field; Hawk could scarcely recall why he had objected to having a woman on the team.
Scarlett continued "I sent the tapes from yesterday and the ones from June over to Quantico. Hopefully someone over there can at least ID some of his team."
NBC was again playing what seemed to be everyone's favorite sound byte from the press conference.
"...Corps will defend America from all enemies, foreign AND domestic...."
Maybe he was imagining the emphasis there. Then again, maybe he wasn't.
"Keep on this O'hara. I doubt this is the last we'll hear from Ted Jones."
October 24th, 1984, Jones Broadcasting Group building, New York City
Ted Jones rarely came to these offices anymore, this was probably the first time he had set foot in the building this year. He was exhausted, but not even exhaustion could dampen his anger right now. He had been doing interview for the last four days straight, and the press had, for the most part been cooperative. Some of them had actually seemed in awe of what he had accomplished. For his part he had not taken the opportunity to rub the presses' collective noses in their earlier dismissal and ridicule. Coverage had been largely positive, and he wanted to keep it that way. He knew how this game was played. This however had been an ambush, pure and simple.
He took the remote from the drawer of his large oaken desk and tuned the bank of television screens on the far wall to the same station. He had agreed to the interview on 20 Questions thinking that it would be an easy one. Sure, Hector Ramirez was a liberal puke, but he did seem to have a soft spot for audaciousness. Hell, he'd offered Ramirez a spot a GNN years ago, and was disappointed when the reporter had turned it down.
After a short intro the interview began to play. The sight of Ramirez' smug face and bushy moustache made his blood boil. Jones had been confused to learn, just moments before taping had begun, that he wasn't the only guest, and that it would be a discussion rather than an interview. His confusion turned to pleasant surprise; he'd been a lifelong admirer, and quite honestly, he thought she had died a few years before.
"...just say, I am a huge admirer of your work."
"Vell zhen, Mister Jones, I vould suggest you go back and read zem again, because clearly you grasped nothink." She croaked in a thick accent.
He saw her quite differently now, a wizened old toad with hideously asymmetrical hair. He held nothing against her, she wasn't long for this world after all, and clearly would never acknowledge any idea that hadn't issued from her and her alone. This would, however hurt him with some of his supporters, for whom her pronouncements were, ironically for someone who claimed to detest religion, gospel."
"....previous efforts to influence policy in Vashington mark him as a statist and authoritarian, and as zuch, Mister Jones, one can only rationally interpret your actions to be pure adventurism, like a little boy playing vith tin zoldiers in ze dirt."
Jones switched off the screens in disgust.
Ramirez, however, Ramirez would pay.
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