Colonel Lai De walked into his Pentagon office with a relaxed stride, the spring in his step.
With no recent issues from Illiguo and the Afghan battlefield unusually quiet, the routine press conferences had only simple updates. The atmosphere in the press room was more relaxed than ever before, and even he cracked a few jokes with the reporters, giving himself a more humorous image.
Sitting in his chair, Lai De had his secretary make him a cup of coffee, which he sipped slowly as he flipped through the day's newspapers.
Suddenly, a headline caught his eye.
Colonel Lai De nearly spat out his coffee.
"US Army intervenes in Colombian anti-bandit operations..."
The headline shocked Colonel Lai De. He put down his coffee cup and looked through some other newspapers.
"Experts claim that the US Army's involvement in Colombian military operations targets more than just drug cartels..."
