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  • Nowhere Girlgwynnion@mastodon.social
    Oct 23, 2026, 8:03 PM

    "That's what the CIA had you do?" Jessica asked.

    "Fuck, no!" Jack laughed, "The CIA was chickenshit! They were running heroin for President Ghani. And by them, I mean us. Made a lot of business contacts that way, if you know what I mean. But they were running Zero Units and doing war crimes. That's what they were doing!"

    "But they sent you down there."

    "The story got kicked up to somebody important and they kicked it back down again. 'Deal with it.' That was the mission."

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  • Nowhere Girlgwynnion@mastodon.social
    Oct 23, 2026, 8:05 PM

    "Deal with it," Jessica repeated.

    "Right?" Jack said, "Like, how?! I thought I was numb! You get numb enough in that job, you stop caring, they make you a general. Chief of staff! You gotta understand. Some of us were there for 20 years! We didn't care anymore. We just wanted it over."

    "While the generals were upstairs telling the president victory was three weeks away, we were up to our eyeballs in gore. Green-on-blue attacks. Guys we trained! And we weren't allowed to leave!"

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  • Nowhere Girlgwynnion@mastodon.social
    Oct 23, 2026, 8:08 PM

    Jack saw the discomfort on Jessica's face and softened his tone. "I don't want you to think I blame you because you weren't there or some shit. You? You're a civilian. My relationship to you is clearly defined. I keep you safe. That's the job. The only part that really matters in the end."

    "But we stepped in it," he added, "Big time! And none of us got the whole picture. That's the CIA's real job, to keep enough secret no one puts it together while the perpetrators are still alive."

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