:30:03
Well, sir, the red areas indicate
current Vietcong concentration.
:30:07
We control these areas.
:30:09
Sir, I'd have to argue that.
:30:15
- Who've you talked to about this?
- No one, sir.
:30:19
Now, you get this straight.
Outback was a victory.
:30:22
We took the objective.
We drove off the enemy.
:30:24
Everybody knows
ours had beaten theirs.
:30:26
- We lost 88 men, sir--
- Don't lecture me!
:30:31
You spread defeatist nonsense
outside this room...
:30:33
I will have you court-martialed.
:30:36
And the charges this time
will stick.
:30:44
I want that overlay.
:31:03
- Steve.
- Hey, John.
:31:06
- Thanks for meeting me.
- My pleasure.
:31:09
Did you see this?
:31:13
"An lmportant Victory."
:31:15
$$"At Ap Bac - 101 VC Dead"
:31:18
So what's the truth?
:31:20
The most miserable damn performance
I've ever seen.
:31:23
Would you be willing
to talk about this?
:31:25
Somebody has to.
:31:27
I know you have a military career,
and if we do this thing...
:31:30
a lot of people
are going to read it.
:31:32
I understand.
Start writing.
:31:37
South Vietnamese Command has no interest
in fighting the communists.
:31:42
The ordinary soldiers are willing,
but their officer's priority...
:31:45
is to protect Diem's regime rather than
to stop communist insurgency.
:31:49
What about all those things
that we get?
:31:52
The casualty figures,
battle reports, the briefings?
:31:55
The numbers are all phony.
They make 'em up.
:31:58
These battles are a joke.