It would be a race against time, especially if they had to fight a heated battle to gain entrance to the city. There was a chance, just a small chance, that they could pull off a bloodless coup by taking all the key positions in the government before fighting broke out. If they could control the communications centers, the military computers, the media and all the bridges leading into the city, there might not be a fight. It would depend on many factors. But as Grange had been taught, you hope for the best, and you always prepare for the worst. If it came down to it, they had contacts who might persuade the governments nearby to help. And the United States had spec ops people in the vicinity who would liaise with them if needed. It would be a black operation, one of many that went on and were never reported, but it could happen. Grange knelt down beside Rourke, who was checking his radio and listening to local media. “All government propaganda,”
