User blog:Bzero/Occupied Cities New Normal

By Melinda Lossman

Standing outside the Shore Museum of Natural History, local philanthropist Sandra Shore goes about her business in Cobra-occupied San Francisco. “At first I was scared, with the fires and the looting by biker gangs across the city,” she admits, Starbucks coffee in hand on a cold Thursday morning. “But after Cobra seized control and things quieted down – well, I just had to get back to work. The checkpoints, the armed Vipers, the crazy-looking BAT robots – I guess you get used to anything after a while.”

In the two months since Cobra seized control of fifteen American cities, a frightening new normal has settled in for millions of US residents forced to live in areas now controlled by Cobra. Even after the fall of Al-Alawi to Cobra forces in the Middle East, most Americans told themselves that it couldn’t happen here. Now, with Cobra controlling urban centers across the United States and holding the population hostage against American military response, Cobra occupation has quickly become the new status quo.

President Hussein Dunham urged caution and restraint in dealing with the occupation crisis. “This is a delicate situation, where our families and our infrastructure are being held captive by Cobra. Military strikes right now would place American civilians in too much danger for collateral damage and direct reprisals. There is a middle ground between capitulation and direct assault.”

The President would not comment on the actions of state officials that are said to be working around the clock to negotiate a withdrawal of Cobra from U.S. cities. However, some congressional Republicans said the president’s actions send the wrong message to terrorists, and will encourage extremists to capture more cities.

“We have had a policy in the United States for over 200 years of not negotiating with terrorists,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican. “The concern that I have is that by lifting that long-held principle, you could be endangering more Americans here and overseas.”

Rep. Roger Williams, Texas Republican, said the president’s actions “roll back decades of constant messaging that the U.S. does not negotiate with terrorists.”