Jack Ryan 06 -Clear and Present Danger – Clancy, Tom

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As always, there are many people to thank. To “The Great

Geraldo” for his friendship; to Russ for his second instal ment of

wise counsel and amazing breadth of knowledge; to Carl and

Colin, who never knew what they were starting, but then, neither

did I; to Bil for his wisdom; to Rich for his contemplation of what

matters; to Tim, Ninja-Six, for more than a few tips on fieldcraft;

to Ed, commander of warriors, and Patricia, who named the

Cabbage Patch Hat, for their gracious hospitality; to Pete,

former headmaster of the world’s most exciting school (the

passing grade is life); to Pat, who teaches the same course at

yet another school; to Harry, mentee, for his most serious

irreverence; to W.H., who does his best in a hopeless,

thankless job; and of course to a dozen or so warrant officers

who could teach astronauts a thing or two; and so many others –

would that America served you as faithful y as you serve her.

Law, without force, is impotent. – PASCAL

It is the function of police to exercise force, or to threaten it, in

execution of the state’s purpose, internal y and under normal

conditions. It is the function of armed forces to exercise force,

or the threat of it, external y in normal times and internal y only in


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