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It'll light a fire
under the army's ass to get in place
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General Lemay, do you truly believe
that's our best course of action?
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Mr. President
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I believe
it is the only course of action
:29:10
America is in danger
:29:12
Those missiles are a threat
to our bomber bases
:29:14
and the safety of
our nuclear deterrent
:29:17
Without our deterrent
:29:18
there's nothing to keep the enemy
from choosing general nuclear war
:29:23
It's out duty
:29:24
Our responsibility to the American
people to take out those missiles
:29:28
and return stability
to the strategic situation
:29:31
The Big Red Dog
is digging in our back yard
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and we are justified in shooting him
:29:35
Sir
:29:37
we have a rapidly
closing window of opportunity
:29:40
where we can to prevent those missiles
from becoming operational
:29:44
The other options
:29:46
do not guarantee the end result
that we can guarantee
:29:50
However, as more time goes by
:29:53
the less reliable the choice
we can offer you becomes
:29:56
Mr. President
:29:57
the motto I chose for SAC
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is "Peace is our Profession"
:30:02
God forbid we find ourselves
in a nuclear exchange
:30:05
But launched
:30:07
missiles from Cuba
would kill a lot of Americans
:30:09
The very presence of those missiles
:30:11
gives the Soviets
first- strike capability
:30:14
Those missiles
make a nuclear exchange more likely
:30:17
And that is why
I'm being such a pain in the ass
:30:21
abut destroying them
and destroying them immediately
:30:24
Hell, even Mac agrees
:30:28
And sir
:30:30
given your own statements about Cuba
:30:32
I think a blockade
or a bunch of political talk
:30:37
would be considered
by a lot of our friends and neutrals
:30:40
as a pretty weak response
:30:43
And I suspect many of our own citizens
feel the same way
:30:48
You're in a pretty bad fix
Mr. President
:30:55
What did you say?
:30:58
You're in a pretty bad fix