:27:00
They're trying to close the road
that connects it with Tel Aviv.
:27:04
Our convoys are being ambushed,
with terrible losses.
:27:07
Somewhere in Jordan...
:27:09
...the Arab Legion:
British-armed, British-officered.
:27:13
The best-equipped
force in the Middle East...
:27:16
...apart from my wife's family.
:27:18
Since the United Nations
voted for partition...
:27:21
...the British are leaving, slowly...
:27:23
...turning over their fortified positions
to all the Arabs in this country...
:27:27
...who've never loved us.
:27:28
We're outnumbered 60-to-1...
:27:31
Pardon me, 60-to-2, now that you're here.
:27:34
What would the Pentagon
suggest we do, Mr. Stone?
:27:37
Teach them to love you, fast.
:27:43
Wait a minute.
:27:46
Asher, you've told me everything,
except what I want to know:
:27:49
The disposition of your own army,
the Haganah.
:27:52
They have a mean disposition, Mr. Stone.
:27:55
Certainly you must have heard that.
:27:57
Don't you want to tell me?
:28:00
I'm not quite sure
what you need that information for.
:28:03
As I understand it,
you're a lawyer in the American army...
:28:05
...judge advocate's office,
behind a desk, unless I'm mistaken.
:28:12
Asher... Is that really your first name?
Asher?
:28:15
Yes, that really is my first name.
:28:18
Asher, take that chip off your shoulder.
:28:20
If you know so much about me...
:28:21
...you may know that I toured this entire
area with Gen. Marshall after the last war.
:28:26
I know the Arab leaders hate each other
more than they hate you.
:28:29
Their soldiers have nothing to die for
and don't trust each other.
:28:33
If you people can pull together,
you have a fighting chance.
:28:37
But it's going to take organization
and an operational plan of battle.
:28:41
I happen to serve on the general staff
of the largest army in the Western world.
:28:45
Whatever I learned behind that desk...
:28:49
...might be useful to you.
:28:51
Now, do you want me to go or stay?
:28:56
I haven't unpacked my bags.
:28:58
You must be hungry. It's nearly 3:00 a. m.