Unforgivable War

A. Buckley John

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After hearing rumors of an escalation in the war in Afghanistan, the President hires a mediation team to discover the truth of the rumors. What they learn sets in motion events to prevent an overthrow of the Presidency and our government. What makes it more difficult is the discovery of the participants. With war being waged coast to coast, the President fights to preserve his job, the government, and our way of life. With no one he can really trust, it's up to the mediation team to join in the battle to preserve America's values and very existence. They join with the President to fight a takeover of the Oval Office and all it stands for. A much damaged nation battles for its values and freedom against unknown odds.

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• Thriller

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• Publié par: First Edition Design Publishing
• Date de parution: 15 janvier 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781506903446
• Langue: English

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THE UNFORGIVABLE WAR

A POLITICAL THRILLER BY
JOHN A BUCKLEY

First Edition Design Publishing
Sarasota, Florida USA



I dedicate this novel to Heidi Peterson. We’ve been on and off for years, but you still supported my writing. You always gave me the courage and purpose to be better at whatever I tried. So much of you will always be in my writing. Thank you, Heidi.
The Unforgivable War
Copyright ©2016 John A.Buckley

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November2016

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Summer has returned to Yemen. My boss, Megan Stewartand I are still struggling with the heat as well as getting all nineteenprovincial leaders to the tables for talks. These are the people who reallydecide what will or will not happen here.
The President and all other elected officials may havesome say, but it still comes down to the many sheikhs, emirs, and princes howmost of Yemen will be run. They are tied to the ways of the past. They are thelargest part of governing this vital nation for the past two thousand years.The main laws will be decided in Congress, but the truest guidance will stillbe by the people who know Yemen the best, the tribal leaders.
At least one will be missing as the talks areattempted. The Sheikh from Sa’ada Province has his own problems with anotherkidnapping on the Saudi border. Nothing new, but it still must be resolved.
Meg and I have already spent most of a week at theHilton located in the port city of Aden working up a sense of direction with afew of the strongest leaders. Stuck in another conference room for hours on endis a tough way of working. With the hope of an actual peace closer than inrecent memory, we cannot stop until we run out of reasons to keep everyone atthe tables.
With President Saleh removed from power, chances ofachieving peace are better than ever. For most of his thirty plus years inoffice, he ruled as a tyrant. He divided the country at times and only he andhis closest friends came out of it well. They gutted the treasury and workedparties against one another to divert attention from them as they drove one ofthe poorest countries closer to the brink of bankruptcy.
Saleh is still gone. The country can now return to thetables to make the people and peace a priority. For three decades, wedges weredriven between elected officials and the tribal leaders. This is the first timein several years that any mediation company has been granted a letter ofcooperation to attempt the task of uniting Yemen as a whole. They deserve alasting peace.
Meg formed the International Council for Peace afterhaving some personal problems in Yemen years ago. Her employer at the timeassigned her to a project that later proved to be a long lasting nightmare forher. Some issues are still not resolved after more than a decade.
While her employer and the local consulate turnedtheir backs on her, the Yemeni opened their homes and hearts to her. It wasbecause of how generous and caring they were, that she started her own companyto hopefully bring the elusive peace to Yemen. She wanted to give back what shethought she could.
Getting a letter of cooperation from the US StateDepartment took years. The Republicans would not acknowledge the company ascapable enough to carry such an important letter. Once the letter was obtained,the collapse of the Yemeni government and constant clashes prevented talks.
Now we sit waiting for the last of the leaders to bepresent. Everyone simply must make a grand entrance. Those delays and thebreaks for prayers delay activities far too much. The macho posturing is notimpressing us at all and probably no one else.
The prayers are acceptable. The other delays are not.Yemen has waited too long for these talks. Delays from our own government andthe fighting between the military and rebels were acceptable as they laid thefoundation for what we do today.
We will push to keep everyone at the tables for aslong as we can. Breaks for prayers and foods will take away too much of anyday. We must keep them wanting to come each day for the common good. We stillhave Ramadan coming in two weeks. There will be no talks while they return totheir homes to indulge in the holiest of their days.
I sometimes find it difficult to believe that a peopleso devoted to their religion are more known for being so warlike. The religionand reputations do not go together at all.
I have not been a part of this world as long as Meg. Istill have been deeply impressed by all these amazing people represent.Americans would not be so quick to judge them if they only had a chance to seethem as they really are, without the bullshit hype from the media. They’ve beenmisrepresented in more ways than the general public will ever really know. Asmall part of the population has altered forever the truth of the Yemeni.
With the last of the eighteen representativesarriving, we can now set in motion the talks that can move them into a very newand bright future.
As soon as they are seated and their entourage settledin, we can now lay down some ground rules. We, as unbiased observers, will bein charge to end the issues of who is most powerful. We will most definitely beearning the money we command. Our work will not be easy.
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As Meg goes over the ground rules, she starts inEnglish. We already had confirmation of all speaking the King’s English, butshe also reinforced what she spoke by changing to very fluent Arabic, which wasalso in a perfect Yemeni dialect.
Meg has a way of taking command wherever she happensto be. At five feet nine, curvaceous, blond, and stunningly beautiful, shecomes to most minds as the perfect picture of a dumb blond until she speaks anddispels all negative thoughts. Taking charge in Arabic also stunned more than afew.
With a 157 IQ and a degree in economics, she is morethan a little capable of lending a guiding hand here.
I may not have her command of Arabic or as muchunderstanding of these people, but I do understand body language and tone of language.There is little they can put over on us that I cannot turn to our advantage.
Our largest problem will be remaining in charge. Theseare leaders of tribes for a reason. They are used to being in firm commandalways. If we start getting into those issues, nothing will ever beaccomplished. There is no need of a pecking order if the unbiased are makingmost of the decisions.
They are used to having their own way and keeping themat the tables will be difficult. We must always have a means of keeping them inthe rooms in spite of tantrums and demands. The people and nation are thepriority, not how they want things as individuals. This is no longer aboutthem, but the good for all citizens. We will be tested again and again as thedays and weeks pass. We may be looking forward to the break for Ramadan.
I love that Meg is maintaining full control. She has asense for when someone is attempting to wrest that control from her. At times,all she has to do is look at them and they back off. It’s rare for them toallow a woman, any woman, to have the seat of power, but for this to succeed,the matters that get to a peaceful end result are what must be of our primeconcern.
Yemen is still one of the poorest nations on theplanet. With an annual income of only $1325 and a life expectancy of underthirty years, the small nation has little going for it.
The country is more known for being a breeding groundfor Al Queda and the ancestral home of Osama Bin Laden than for anything good.The economy has done little to prevent Al Queda from recruiting here. There ismore promise with the extremists than in finding an honest job here. Our peacetalks could very much change how so much is perceived in Yemen. They will havethe capacity to become as successful as all of the other Arab nations in time.
We’re actually making progress. It has taken severaldays to get past the dominance issues. Once they accepted Meg, we moved on tothe main topics. Small cells of rebels and border conflicts, mostly with theSaudis are discussed. Other issues concerning health and the local economy arehigh on the list of priorities. Everyone has their say as the talks moveforward.
Many of the sheikhs achieved their seat of power by asuccession from a family member who previously held the seat. Others, wereselected by elders when there was no defined means of succession. Each workedmuch as a governor in protecting their citizens. They genuinely took care ofeach person the best way possible. They were more concerned with the publicwelfare than how the elected officials took care of things like in looting thetreasury.
As each spoke, I gained a strong respect for them. Insome cases, they were considered ruthless, but they still took care of businesswith regard to the safety and well-being of each living in their province.
The talks continued daily. No one missed a day’sdiscussions as each became more driven to see the long elusive peace come toYemen. Each day showed more hope of it coming sooner rather than later. Eachday it got closer to a reality than the dreams they had given up on.
After a week of discussions, the sheikh from Sa’adaarrived. With the disputes calmed for now, he quickly caught up with theearlier matters. With another caring heart contributing, the talks took on