Light of the Last by Chuck Black

Author:Chuck Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2016-02-15T16:00:00+00:00

20

THE LASOK EXPERIMENT

“Drew, take a look at this,” Jake said, turning up the volume on the television in his office at Fortress Central. Drew was back in Rivercrest for a week to connect with Jake and visit his mother.

A major news network was broadcasting a press conference with the president of the United States. Anchorman Tom Vincent was getting a live feed from the conference, where reporter Sophia Bryant was on location.

“Hey, I know her,” Drew said. “Looks like she made it to the big time.”

The screen was split in two, showing the seasoned but agelessly handsome face of Tom Vincent on the left and the fresh, fiery face of Sophia Bryant on the right. Vincent was speaking.

“In an unprecedented move by President Harden, the security of Camp David is going to be turned over to UN troops. Sophia, what kind of a response are you seeing there?”

“Well, Tom, as you said, nothing like this has ever been done in the history of the United States. The feelings are extremely mixed. Many applauded the president for his move toward global unity, whereas others feel it is the final straw in handing over our sovereignty as a nation to the UN.”

“Stay with us Sophia as we replay that announcement for the people who just tuned in.”

The television screen filled with the image of President Harden, the American flag behind him on his right, but Drew immediately noticed that the presidential flag, normally behind the president’s left, had been replaced by the UN flag.

“If we, the human race of this great planet Earth, are going to move beyond our borders of dispute, beyond our ethnic differences, we must change how we think of ourselves as nations. In 1831, French historian Alexis de Tocqueville came to study democracy in America and called our nation the Great Experiment. If ever we can testify to the success of that great experiment, we can do so now, after two hundred and forty years of welcoming people of all color, faith, and ideologies. We are a nation of diverse ethnic differences…and we thrive. We are a nation of many peoples…and we thrive. Let the United States of America be the model for planet Earth as we absolve our differences and thrive as a human race.”

President Harden paused and looked straight into the camera and into the eyes of millions of Americans.

“People of America, it starts with trust—trust in each other as human beings, trust in leaders of nations. I can think of no greater way to honor that commitment to trust than to offer the security of Camp David, a beacon of global unity, to the forces of the United Nations. On September second, I will be meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Felice Albano De Luca and Islamic Global Alliance Premier Aashif Hakeem Jabbar to commemorate this milestone in the unification of humanity.”

The scene cut out and was replaced with the images of Vincent and Bryant again.

“Sophia, as we all know,” Vincent began, “the Marine Presidential Guard has been charged with the security of Camp David for decades.

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