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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
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America is in danger
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Those missiles are a threat
to our bomber bases
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and the safety of
our nuclear deterrent
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Without our deterrent
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there's nothing to keep the enemy
from choosing general nuclear war
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It's out duty
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Our responsibility to the American
people to take out those missiles
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and return stability
to the strategic situation
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The Big Red Dog
is digging in our back yard
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and we are justified in shooting him
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Sir
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we have a rapidly
closing window of opportunity
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where we can to prevent those missiles
from becoming operational
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The other options
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do not guarantee the end result
that we can guarantee
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However, as more time goes by
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the less reliable the choice
we can offer you becomes
:29:54
Mr. President
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the motto I chose for SAC
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is "Peace is our Profession"
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God forbid we find ourselves
in a nuclear exchange
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But launched
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missiles from Cuba
would kill a lot of Americans
:30:08
The very presence of those missiles
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gives the Soviets
first- strike capability
:30:12
Those missiles
make a nuclear exchange more likely
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And that is why
I'm being such a pain in the ass
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abut destroying them
and destroying them immediately
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Hell, even Mac agrees
:30:26
And sir
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given your own statements about Cuba
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I think a blockade
or a bunch of political talk
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would be considered
by a lot of our friends and neutrals
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as a pretty weak response
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And I suspect many of our own citizens
feel the same way
:30:47
You're in a pretty bad fix
Mr. President
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What did you say?
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You're in a pretty bad fix