The President's jaw dropped open. He sat staring at his monitor in disbelief for at least five seconds, running over in his head the words he thought he just heard. "I'm sorry, what?" He finally asked.
Maribel looked apologetic as she answered, "We have decided that should another force attack Guatemala, we will not simply kill them as they cross the border. In fact, we are sickened by what we did with the Chiapas incursion. Every one of those graves is an eternal reminder of our moral and strategic failures."
"And so, if Colombia does launch a military strike on Guatemala because of what you've done, we are on our own to defend the country against them?" Arroyo asked weakly.
