154.
I looked at all four of them and then at the pathetic figures hanging from the bowsprit. “Thank God those things are dead. They were so impressed by our survival, they wanted me to join them. Hell, I’m all worn out. Do you think we can take a breather? Is there more, I mean a lot more to learn?”
“Which continent?”, sighed Claudia. “We’re still in the Middle East. How about the
1949 CIA coup of the civilian government of Syria in order to ratify the TAPLINE oil
pipeline?”
I looked at Conrad. “I thought Iran was the first CIA coup.”
He shrugged. “There’s a lot to keep straight.”
“And we haven’t even been to Africa yet!”, said Nanette, breathlessly. “There’s the CIA backed coup in Ghana in 1966 that overthrew President Kwame Nkrumah.”
Pat pawed my shin. “And the Congo! Eisenhower oversaw the assassination of prime minister Patrice Lumumba and the installing of Mobuto Sese Seko in 1961 that led to thirty years of - ”
Conrad pressed his arm and winced. “What about Greece?”
Claudia shook her head. “Greece, poor Greece, German occupation, civil war and then a CIA backed coup in ’67 that resulted in - ”
“Please stop!”, I pleaded. I put my arms around their shoulders and lowered my head. “We are all safe. We have been reunited. Can’t we please stop for just a moment? I can’t breathe.”
Claudia caught herself and looked at me tenderly. Pat looked up at her. She stroked his snout. Conrad looked into the distance. His shoulders relaxed. He patted Nanette.
I looked at Conrad. “I thought Iran was the first CIA coup.”
He shrugged. “There’s a lot to keep straight.”
“And we haven’t even been to Africa yet!”, said Nanette, breathlessly. “There’s the CIA backed coup in Ghana in 1966 that overthrew President Kwame Nkrumah.”
Pat pawed my shin. “And the Congo! Eisenhower oversaw the assassination of prime minister Patrice Lumumba and the installing of Mobuto Sese Seko in 1961 that led to thirty years of - ”
Conrad pressed his arm and winced. “What about Greece?”
Claudia shook her head. “Greece, poor Greece, German occupation, civil war and then a CIA backed coup in ’67 that resulted in - ”
“Please stop!”, I pleaded. I put my arms around their shoulders and lowered my head. “We are all safe. We have been reunited. Can’t we please stop for just a moment? I can’t breathe.”
Claudia caught herself and looked at me tenderly. Pat looked up at her. She stroked his snout. Conrad looked into the distance. His shoulders relaxed. He patted Nanette.
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