"Wait a minute," I said. "Joan—does that mean what I think it means? Is 'Spatial Supremacy' just as bankrupt as 'Massive Retaliation' was? Is it possible that the satellite—and the bombs.... Is it possible that I was telling Gascoigne the truth about the bombs being duds?"
Joan shrugged.
"He that darkeneth counsel without wisdom," she said, "isn't earning his salary."