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Wars, now, were marginal skirmishes, like the one in Indonesia, or the steady underground conflict of subversion and sabotage that had come to be called the Subwar. WARS NOW WERE MARGINAL SKIRMISHES LIKE THE ONE IN INDONNESIAN BY THE STEADY UNDERGROUND CONFLICT OF SUBVERSION AND SAVAGE THAT HAD COME TO BE CALLED THE SUBWAR
en rose, saying that he had a class and excusing himself. He would have carried his cigar with him if Chalmers hadn't taken it away from him. After Pottgeiter had gone Chalmers opened a book--he didn't notice what it was--and sat staring unseeing at the pages. So the moving knife-edge had come down on the end of Khalid ib'n Hussein's life; what were the events in the next segment of time, and the segments to follow? There would be bloody fighting all over the Middle East--with consternation, he remembered that he had been talking about that to Pottgeiter. The Turkish army would move in and try to restore order. There would be more trouble in northern Iran, the Indian Communists would invade Eastern Pakistan, and then the general war, so long dreaded, would come. How far in the future that was he could not "remember," nor how the nuclear-weapons stalemate that had so far prevented it would be broken. He knew that today, and for years before, nobody had dared start an all-out atomic war. FROM CONDITIONED REFLECTS AND THEN ROSE SAYING THAT HE HAD A CLASS AND EXCUSING HIMSELF HE WOULD HAVE CARRIED A CIGAR WITH HIM IF CHALMERS HADN'T TAKEN IT AWAY FROM HIM AFTER POTTGEITER HAD GONE CHALMERS OPENED A BOOK HE DIDN'T NOTICE WHAT IT WAS AND SAT STARING UNSEEING AT THE PAGES SO THE MOVING KNIFE EDGE HAD COME DOWN ON THE END OF KALID IBN HOUSSAIN'S LIFE WHAT WERE THE EVENTS IN THE NEXT SECOND OF TIME AND THE SECONDS TO FOLLOW THERE WOULD BE BLOODY FIGHTING ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST WITH CONSTERNATION HE REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT TO POTGEITER THE TURKISH ARMY WOULD MOVE IN AND TRY TO RESTORE ORDER THERE WOULD BE MORE TROUBLE IN NORTHERN MARAN THE INDIAN COMMUNISTS WOULD INVADE EASTERN PACISTAN AND THEN THE GENERAL WAR SO LONG DREADED WOULD COME HOW FAR IN THE FUTURE THAT WAS HE COULD NOT REMEMBER NOR HOW THE NUCLEAR WEAPON STALEMATE THAT HAD SO FAR PREVENTED IT WOULD BE BROKEN HE KNEW THAT TO DAY AND FOR YEARS BEFORE NOBODY HADARED START AN ALL OUT ATOMIC WAR
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