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07-16-2017 09:29 PM |
This. Tell me that I am everything you despise, that I am the personification of evil, that I'm responsible for the breakdown of the social fabric of society and world order, that I am a one man genocide. Say everything you want to say to me now - because you don't have long.
Are you not paying attention or are you delusional? You've broken every arms embargo written. There's enough in those briefcases to buy you consecutive life sentences. You'll spend ten years going from a cell to a courtroom before you even start doing your time. You don't seem to fully appreciate the seriousness of your situation!
My family has disowned me. My wife and son have left me. My brother is dead. Trust me, I fully appreciate the seriousness of my situation. But I promise you I won't spend a single second in a courtroom.
You are delusional.
I like you, Jack. Well, maybe not. But I understand you. You feel your loyalty to your badge has finally been rewarded. But you haven't counted on the people who gave you that badge. Let me tell you what's going to happen so you can prepare yourself. Soon there's going to be a knock on that door and you're going to be called outside. In the hall there will be a man who outranks you. First, he will compliment you on the fine job you've done, how you're making the world a safer place and then he is going to tell you that I am to be released. You are going to protest, you will probably threaten to resign. But in the end I will be released. The reason I'll be released is the same reason you think I will be convicted. I do rub shoulders with the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of those men are the enemies of your enemies.And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss, the President of the United States - who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year - sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply opposition forces he can't be seen supplying. You call me evil, but, unfortunately for you, I am a necessary evil.
Most people are happy just to get out of jail. I expect to be paid to leave. I'm not a fool. I know that just because they need me one day doesn't mean they won't make me a scapegoat the next.
For someone who's never fired a gun or been in a battle, I have suffered many casualties in my life. I guess that's how I survived. I never went to war... especially with myself.
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