: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,
:21:00
you can understand
the ramifications.
:21:01
Yes.
:21:03
Yes, sir.
:21:14
I want you out of my squadron.
:21:17
You'll be transferred out
at my convenience.
:21:24
Wait a minute!
:21:26
Good men die,
:21:27
and all we care about is
following the rules, huh?
:21:32
What are you looking for,
Grafton?
:21:35
Revenge?
:21:37
Now, this is not
the place for it.
:21:40
You're going to shake
your fist at God
:21:41
and say, "Give me revenge"?
:21:44
Well, He ain't listening.
:21:46
You know what's
going on back home.
:21:50
Bombs, riots, people spitting
on soldiers in airports.
:21:56
The whole country is
tearing itself apart.
:21:59
Is there anything in this
pissant war worth that?