Very Hard Choices (2015)
“Saturday, June 23, 2007 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada This is how it was for him—not a reconstruction or guesswork. I have it on reliable authority.
Charles Haden had expected the border to be a joke, but it was barely even a sitcom punchline. He needn’t have wasted one of his few remaining genuine passports. (But then, if this trip paid off, that worry would join all his others.) Length of stay, Mr. Haden? One week. Purpose of trip? I’m retired now and I always heard Vancouver was the most beautiful city on earth. Big smile and a pass.
No wonder his own government said terrorists streamed across this border at will into America: it was one of the few things his government claimed to believe nowadays that made sense. That not one terrorist had actually done so since the War of 1812 was a striking testament to the monumental stupidity of terrorists as a class. Drug dealers were smarter. Even poor Mexicans were beginning to figure out how cheap a ticket to Vancouver or Cal...gary was, and how much easier and more pleasant the northern border crossing.MoreLess
Charles Haden had expected the border to be a joke, but it was barely even a sitcom punchline. He needn’t have wasted one of his few remaining genuine passports. (But then, if this trip paid off, that worry would join all his others.) Length of stay, Mr. Haden? One week. Purpose of trip? I’m retired now and I always heard Vancouver was the most beautiful city on earth. Big smile and a pass.
No wonder his own government said terrorists streamed across this border at will into America: it was one of the few things his government claimed to believe nowadays that made sense. That not one terrorist had actually done so since the War of 1812 was a striking testament to the monumental stupidity of terrorists as a class. Drug dealers were smarter. Even poor Mexicans were beginning to figure out how cheap a ticket to Vancouver or Cal...gary was, and how much easier and more pleasant the northern border crossing.MoreLess
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