"Clancy, Tom - Op-Center 07 - Divide and Conquer - with Jeff Rovin" - читать интересную книгу автора (Clancy Tom)

accelerate matters. You know that, don't you?"

"Of course," the taller man said. He put his coffee mug on a small
table, rose, and walked to the fireplace.

He picked up a poker.

"Does that scare you?"

"A little," the red-haired man admitted.

"Why?" the taller man asked as he threw the folder into the flames. It
caught fire quickly.

"Our tracks are covered."

"It's not us I'm worried about. There will be a price," the red-haired
man said sadly.

"We've discussed this before," the taller man said.

"Wall Street will love it. The people will recover. And any foreign
powers that try to take advantage of the situation will wish they
hadn't." He jabbed the burning folder.

"Jack ran the psychological profiles. We know where all the potential
trouble spots are. The only one who's going to be hurt is the man who
created the problem.

And he'll recover. Hell, he'll do better than recover.

He'll write books, give speeches, make millions."

The taller man's words sounded cold, though the redhaired man knew they
weren't. He had known the other man for nearly thirty-five years, ever
since they served together in Vietnam. They fought side by side in Hue
during the Tet offensive, holding an ammunition depot after the rest of
the platoon had been killed. They both loved their country
passionately, and what they were doing was a measure of that deep, deep
love.

"What's the news from Azerbaijan?" the taller man asked.

"Everyone's in place." The red-haired man looked at his watch.

"They'll be eyeballing the target close-up, showing the man what he has
to do. We don't expect the next report for another seven hours or so."

The taller man nodded. There was a short silence broken" only by the
crackling of the burning folder.