:19:01
I think we should
bring in Dean Acheson
:19:05
Ken
:19:06
he was fighting Soviets while we were
still playing ball together at school
:19:12
Find him, Kenny
:19:15
We're gonna need
all the help we can get
:19:18
Screw secrecy
:19:25
Try having that fat-ass, sit on your
lap all the way from Foggy Bottom
:19:30
You were excited. I say no more
:19:33
Everybody agrees
the diplomatic route won't work
:19:36
It's too slow and they'll finish the
missiles while we're still talking
:19:40
I hear old Warren Harding
used to get his grills in through here
:19:44
We have 850 planes
assembling at Homestead
:19:47
Eglin, Opa Locka, MacDill
Partick, Pensacola, and Key West
:19:54
Due to the tropical foliage
:19:56
the OPLAN calls for high explosive
:19:58
and napalm loadouts
for our ground attack sorties
:20:00
I still think
there are diplomatic approaches
:20:03
we haven't considered yet
:20:04
Peace at any price?
:20:06
We have a gun to our head
:20:09
We have high confidence in the expanded
air strike option, Mr. President
:20:13
The problem, sir
:20:15
is that it's a short-term solution
:20:17
Kruschev can send in
more missiles next month
:20:20
The Chiefs and I believe
we should follow up the air strikes
:20:22
with the full version of OPLAN 316
:20:26
An invasion?
:20:27
Yes, sir
:20:29
We can be sure we get all the missiles
:20:30
and we remove Castro
:20:32
so this can never happen again
:20:34
Is this
the Joint Chief's recommendation?
:20:36
Yes, sir
:20:37
Our best option
as Bob pointed out this morning
:20:40
would be to commence the strikes
before the missiles become operational
:20:44
The invasion happens eight days later
:20:49
Dean
:20:51
What do you think?
:20:53
Gentlemen
:20:54
for the last fifteen years
I have fought here at this table
:20:57
alongside your predecessors
:20:59
in a struggle against the Soviet