:19:00
That's part of the reason
:19:02
these human Dobermans
are watching me.
:19:09
Look, Jake,
I've never trusted anybody.
:19:14
I've never counted on anybody
but myself.
:19:19
But I'll tell you,
nobody has a chance alone.
:19:23
I'm glad we did this together.
:19:27
We never broke the faith, amigo.
:19:33
If we hang or go to jail,
we do it together.
:19:40
Hell...
:19:43
I wouldn't have missed it
for the world.
:19:55
What we're going to tell you,
Commander,
:19:58
may come as a surprise,
:19:59
but it must be held
in the utmost secrecy,
:20:02
and its importance
will become obvious.
:20:06
I think you'll understand.
:20:11
All charges against your
boys have been dropped.
:20:14
Sir?
:20:15
They're gone.
:20:16
Dropped.
:20:17
Never happened.
:20:18
What do you want me
to do, Captain?
:20:21
Cover it up,
sweep it under the rug.
:20:23
Take your men back
to your carrier
:20:24
first thing in the morning,
:20:25
keep their mouths shut.
:20:27
Beyond that, you can do
what you want to with them,
:20:29
but this affair's over.
:20:32
May I ask the captain, why?
:20:36
Because the President
of the United States,
:20:38
Richard M. Nixon,
:20:39
is quite irritated
at the opposition
:20:41
for leaving the peace table.
:20:43
He has just ordered
Operation Linebacker ll--
:20:46
the unrestricted bombing
:20:48
of all military targets
in North Vietnam.
:20:52
We'd look like real idiots
court-martialing an A-6 crew
:20:54
for doing what the President
of the United States
:20:56
just told us to do.
:20:58
If even a rumor got
back to the press,