:19:00
We'll figure out a way to
sneak you guys back in here tonight
:19:03
I think we should
bring in Dean Acheson
:19:07
Ken
:19:08
he was fighting Soviets while we were
still playing ball together at school
:19:13
Find him, Kenny
:19:16
We're gonna need
all the help we can get
:19:20
Screw secrecy
:19:27
Try having that fat-ass, sit on your
lap all the way from Foggy Bottom
:19:32
You were excited. I say no more
:19:35
Everybody agrees
the diplomatic route won't work
:19:38
It's too slow and they'll finish the
missiles while we're still talking
:19:41
I hear old Warren Harding
used to get his grills in through here
:19:45
We have 850 planes
assembling at Homestead
:19:48
Eglin, Opa Locka, MacDill
Partick, Pensacola, and Key West
:19:55
Due to the tropical foliage
:19:57
the OPLAN calls for high explosive
:20:00
and napalm loadouts
for our ground attack sorties
:20:02
I still think
there are diplomatic approaches
:20:05
we haven't considered yet
:20:06
Peace at any price?
:20:08
We have a gun to our head
:20:11
We have high confidence in the expanded
air strike option, Mr. President
:20:15
The problem, sir
:20:16
is that it's a short-term solution
:20:19
Kruschev can send in
more missiles next month
:20:22
The Chiefs and I believe
we should follow up the air strikes
:20:23
with the full version of OPLAN 316
:20:28
An invasion?
:20:29
Yes, sir
:20:30
We can be sure we get all the missiles
:20:32
and we remove Castro
:20:34
so this can never happen again
:20:36
Is this
the Joint Chief's recommendation?
:20:37
Yes, sir
:20:39
Our best option
as Bob pointed out this morning
:20:41
would be to commence the strikes
before the missiles become operational
:20:45
The invasion happens eight days later
:20:50
Dean
:20:53
What do you think?
:20:55
Gentlemen
:20:56
for the last fifteen years
I have fought here at this table
:20:59
alongside your predecessors