KENAN VAINE WAS HIGHLY respected by the population, and, because of his position as President of the United States, also by every other leader in the world. He had been elected with a large majority of votes in almost every state and in just over a year he would finish his first term, already being considered a strong candidate for reelection.
Time magazine classified him as one of the most influential Presidents of all time, and it was no small feat. His good reputation was based, among other factors, on his firm hand in the project of global economic restructuring and the way he dealt with debates in world councils. However, a few days ago his greatest challenge had now arisen: the terrorism that was hitting the country hard.
With the speech he had just made on national television and watched by the entire world, he hoped to gain time and prepare the ground for negotiations at the ONU with the countries from which he intended to request support. He was seeking acceptance for his new project called "Siege on Terrorism".
The terrible situation of insecurity in the country made that the best moment to start his political tactics.
HE WAS STILL LOOSENING HIS TIE at his collar when his advisor was already bringing a flood of popular opinion results.
— Sir — said the advisor — the polls are indicating that seventy-eight percent of the population is in favor of actions abroad, there was an impressive twenty percent increase in popular opinion tonight, in the online media, after your speech!
— Disclose this data to the media, without rounding it up this time, so as not to seem false — he replied, satisfied.
— Yes, Sir. We also managed to arrange the emergency meeting with the UN Security Council for next Thursday, in London.
— On Thursday? I was expecting it for tomorrow! — he replied impatiently, shifting in his master chair.
— Unfortunately, it wasn't possible — observed the advisor with apprehension.
— Okay. They are trying to buy time to come up with a counterproposal strong enough to stop me, but these attacks are a much stronger currency. Send a letter to the Department of Defense and have them start preparing for external offensives.
Kenan knew that it would be difficult for the ONU to present a solution so quickly that would be good enough to stop him from making incursions into Muslim countries. He had a bold plan: Military control of the entire Iranian region, where the terrorist groups responsible for the recent attacks on the country were from...
The war in the region was going on and was claiming more and more victims every day. In this context, there were strong enough reasons to add allies to his contingency plan, where France, Germany, England and three other countries were already positioning themselves in his favor, while others were showing the same tendency. All that was needed was a first move, something that would change the course of diplomatic relations. Once the game began, its pawns would already be positioned.