1:47:01
They need a decision,
Mr. President.
1:47:13
These past few hours...
1:47:15
have been the longest,
darkest of my life.
1:47:19
How does one weigh human life?
1:47:23
One million civilians
against 81 hostages.
1:47:27
And in the middle, Frank Hummel.
1:47:31
That we have ignored,
abandoned or marginalized...
1:47:36
a great soldier like Frank Hummel...
1:47:38
and that American boys have paid
for that neglect in blood...
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is equally real
and equally tragic.
1:47:50
We are at war with terror.
1:47:53
Fighting a war means casualties.
1:47:55
This is the worst call
I've ever had to make.
1:48:02
Air strike approved.
1:48:08
Red Thunder to tower.
Request clearance.
1:48:11
With the amount of firepower
they're gonna drop in there...
1:48:13
- Tower this is Strike Leader.
Prepared to go.
- it'll be over in a few seconds.
1:48:17
Flight time to drop point: 17 minutes.
1:48:25
Excuse me, General, sir,
with all due respect to you,
but what the fuck is going on?
1:48:30
- You changed the coordinates,
didn't you, General?
- That's affirmative, Captain.
1:48:33
So, now they think we're
gutless, the Feds? They think
we won't actually do it.
1:48:37
They're gonna come at us with everything
they've got. Air and sea.
1:48:40
- They're gonna bomb our ass
back to the Stone Age.
- They don't know we missed on purpose.
1:48:44
Great. We're not gutless,
we're incompetent. That right?
1:48:49
I don't think I like your tone, Captain.
We planned for this contingency.
1:48:53
Load the V.X. into the choppers,
take four hostages and evacuate.
1:48:56
The consequences of our actions
I'll face alone.
1:48:58
Excuse me, General,
but what about the fucking money?