On the thirty-fifth day after the war ended, the folks on Capitol Hill finally found their point of leverage.
Altamirano, the old man, didn't wait for the midterm elections and directly dropped a bomb in the budget committee.
He demanded the government disclose the complete accounts for the Syrian operation, from the serial number of every missile to the procurement list for each coffee bean. When the news came out, all of Mexico City was in an uproar.
On Paseo de la Reforma, some people were holding signs, not against the war, but against Altamirano.
The signs read "Check your mother," "Old man shut up," and "We support Victor."
But there were also anti-war people, not many, but their voices were sharp, mainly gathered around university gates and on Twitter.
Victor did not respond.
