1:25:02
And we'll get better deals
than we ever dreamed of from both.
1:25:05
That is triangular diplomacy,
gentlemen.
1:25:09
Exactly,
Mr. President.
1:25:10
That's what geopolitics
is about.
1:25:13
The linking of the whole world
for self-interest.
1:25:17
You tell me, Ron, how the hell I can explain that on TV
to a bunch of simpleminded reporters...
1:25:21
...and, uh, weeping mothers.
1:25:23
Yeah, but what am I telling
the press about Kent State?
1:25:25
Ah, tell'em what the hell you like.
They don't understand anyway.
1:25:28
Excuse me, sir.
1:25:31
Are you saying you're going
to recognize Red China?
1:25:34
That would cost us
our strongest support.
1:25:37
No, I can do this because
I spent my whole career...
1:25:40
...building anti-Communist
credentials.
1:25:42
If Kennedy or Johnson tried it, they'd
have crucified them, and rightfully so.
1:25:46
Damned risky, Mr. President.
Why don't we wait until the second term?
1:25:50
This will get us a second term, John.
This will get me a second term.
1:25:53
Damn it, without risk,
there's no heroism, there's no history.
1:25:57
Nixon was born to do this.
Give history a nudge.
1:26:00
Come on!
Hear, hear.
1:26:01
I mean, if Cambodia doesn't work
we'll bomb Hanoi if we have to.
1:26:05
That's right. And if necessary,
I'll drop the big one.
1:26:12
We have to entertain
the possibility.
1:26:20
Goddamn it!
Who cooked this damn steak?
1:26:23
Manolo, there's blood all over my plate.
Take it away.
1:26:25
I'm sorry, sir.
1:26:39
You all right?
1:26:42
Yeah.
1:26:45
My brother, Harold, was the same age
as those kids, John.
1:26:49
Tuberculosis got him.
Come on, it wasn't your fault.
1:26:53
The soldiers were kids too.
They just panicked.
1:26:57
Yeah.
1:26:59
They were throwing rocks,
John, just rocks.