1:19:00
The whole world is watching!
1:19:09
It'd be a disaster.
1:19:11
There's a lot of sympathy
out there for Cambodia.
1:19:14
Tiny, little, neutral
Buddhist country.
1:19:17
They'll be rioting in the streets,
on your front lawn!
1:19:20
Building the
Cambodian army up?
1:19:22
My God, that would be harder
than a Vietnamese Army.
1:19:25
They have no tradition.
1:19:27
Mr. President, the government
there will collapse.
1:19:30
So you're saying, do nothing.
No, sir, continue the bombing.
1:19:33
The same old horseshit.
Well, that's not good enough.
1:19:35
I'm sick of being pushed around
by the, uh, Vietnamese...
1:19:38
...like we're some, uh,
you know, pitiful giant.
1:19:42
They're using our P.O.W.s
to humiliate us.
1:19:46
What we need now
is a bold move into Cambodia...
1:19:48
...and go right after their,
uh, V.C. base camps...
1:19:51
...and, uh, uh, make'em scream,
hit 'em in the ass.
1:19:54
What do you think, Henry?
Well, as you know...
1:19:58
...most of my staff have weighed in
against this incursion.
1:20:01
They believe it will fail to achieve
anything fundamental militarily...
1:20:06
...and will result in crushing criticism
domestically.
1:20:10
I didn't ask what your staff thinks.
What do you think, Henry?
1:20:12
What I think is,
they're cowards.
1:20:16
Their opposition represents the
cowardice of the eastern establishment.
1:20:21
They don't realize,
as you do, sir...
1:20:24
...that the Communists
only respect strength...
1:20:26
...and they will only negotiate
in good faith...
1:20:29
...if they fear the mad man, Richard Nixon.
Exactly!
1:20:32
Unpredictability is our best asset.
1:20:35
We gotta take the war to'em, hit'em
where it hurts, right in the nuts.
1:20:37
More assassinations.
Right, Al?
1:20:40
That's what they're doing,
Mr. President.
1:20:43
See, your people in the State
Department, Bill, they don't understand.
1:20:46
You gotta...
Mr. President...
1:20:48
You gotta electrify people with bold
moves. I mean, bold moves make history.
1:20:50
Like, uh, Teddy Roosevelt,
T.R...
1:20:54
...rushing up San Juan Hill.
1:20:56
Small event, but dramatic.
People took notice.
1:20:58
Yes, well, they'll take notice,
all right.