Alternate Ending/Story Extension

And yet, in his heart, MacPherson knew it had really just begun. Things like this never seem to end the way it is planned. The hard part now was to plan for the unforseen. He decided that could wait until the morning.

When President James MacPherson awoke, the dreary cold morning didn't seem to be fitting of the war the United States had just won. War in itself is not pleasant, the lives lost or saved from the war against Saddam led Iraq never seemed to balance to what you strive for. MacPherson was glad it was all over though, but wished it all wouldn't have happened. Israel had found the world's largest oil deposits off of its coast, and Saddam wanted it. Saddam almost succeeded too. Even though he was stopped, MacPherson couldn't believe all the destruction Saddam had left in his wake. It would be a long rebuilding process.

Jon Bennett was just finishing his daily run when he got a new email notification on his Blackberry. He ignored it and pushed himself for that leg of his five mile routine. As Jon stretched his legs he opened the email to see that it was from MacPherson asking if he was ready to for the meeting with congress later. Jon pondered this for a few moments then decided he should probably prepare some more material and monetary statistics of what it would take for the rebuild of Israel. He could hardly believe that it had been occupied, and nearly erased from the map. In Saddam's quest for the Israeli oil, he had also made it his personal goal to erase the Jewish nation from the "Arab midwest." Saddam had planned to systematically remove all signs of the Jews and implant good, loyal people of his in control of the area. Luckily he failed.

Bennett's plan to rebuild not only Israel, but the entire mideast which had suffered in Saddam's land grab, was centered around the fact that Israel's oil, was still in fact Israel's oil. Of course the U.S. would profit from this, not only politically, but economically, it would prove the United States is a loyal friend to all nations willing to accept it. This would inturn make the mideast a much friendlier place in the world for the U.S. Although Jon didn't make any promises, he told the president that theoretically, all the countries in the area might even join NATO and abide by U.N. rules. This made the President happy considering relations with Russia were deteriorating rapidly.

Vasili Zeitzef never really understood his own countrymen. Why do they always fall for the ruthless, evil rulers of their nation? And why choose to go back to Communism? All questions for another day he figured. He had to focus on the mission at hand. It was simple, get in, plant the bugs, and get out before he could be spotted. The CIA always dreamed of someone like Vasili; a Russian who knew what was really best for his country and willing to risk his life for it. Nevertheless, a son of the newly reinstated Politburo members. Vasili could also bring reason to the Politburo meetings without being suspected of treason. Vasili could only hope to complete the master plan before Russia went literally balistic.