:13:02
QED, Erskine can do no wrong.
We got him for the duration.
:13:05
Now you've got that off your chest, listen
to me for a second and shut up, will ya?
:13:11
- Huh?
- Go ahead.
:13:14
All right, now. I'll give it
to you plain and simple.
:13:18
One is, at least a part of Bartlett's political
future depends on his war record, right?
:13:25
Two: Bartlett is no fool, right? Huh?
:13:28
- Yeah, right.
- OK.
:13:30
Three is, Cooney is completely
unreliable and Bartlett knows it.
:13:35
His next foul-up could be a big one.
Not 14 men, but something big.
:13:39
Let's face it, this is for keeps.
:13:42
- So what is the plan?
- OK...
:13:45
I'd like to lay it on the line with Bartlett,
suggest that he kick Cooney upstairs.
:13:50
- Not a chance.
- Why not?
:13:52
He gets the guy stashed away
in a desk job at Battalion or Division.
:13:56
Worst he can do is get
his thumb caught in a filing cabinet.
:13:59
Our worries are over, Bartlett's worries
are over. All we gotta do is fight the war.
:14:04
Come on, Joe, what do you say?
How about it, huh?
:14:06
It won't work.
:14:09
Why not?
:14:10
It won't work! And he won't go for
this straight-talk routine.
:14:14
He's a lieutenant colonel,
and you're just a lousy lieutenant.
:14:18
He'll hit you with
that old, sweet song about
:14:21
"Son, l was in the National Guard
while you was learning your ABCs."
:14:25
They're two of a kind.
:14:27
Huh! l bet Cooney never figured on a war
when he joined that National Guard.
:14:32
Probably figured it was gonna be
all corn pone and chitlins and...
:14:40
and the chance to wear his uniform
to the Saturday fox hunt.
:14:43
OK, l'll go it alone.
:14:50
Don't go dramatic on me, dogface.
:14:57
I'll play cards,
if you think it'll do any good.