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At approximately 0600, Moscow time,
the Russians launched...
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a massive artillery strike against
Grozny, the capital of Chechnya.
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The shells contained
an experimental chemical weapon...
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known as the Novichok
binary nerve agent.
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On those infrared sat photos, you
can see saturation took 20 minutes.
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After which, every man,
woman and child...
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inside a radius of 12 miles
was rendered helpless...
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by symptoms approximating
acute, late-stage cerebral palsy.
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How many dead?
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Best guess, 80 percent.
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Which means,
Nemerov just launched...
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the most massive attack
in the history of chemical warfare.
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Let's talk response.
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-Worst thing we could do is nothing.
-I agree.
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Let him get away with chemical
weapons, what's next? Biological?
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Nuclear?
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Okay. Short of gassing the Kremlin,
what's our strongest response?
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- We send in peacekeepers.
- Chechnya's not sovereign.
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They requested recognition,
so we recognize them.
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Not full diplomatic recognition.
Provisional.
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Then we get the Chechens to request
emergency international assistance.
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- And we send in peacekeepers.
- How do you get them in there?
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- Fly them in from Turkey.
- Over Armenian airspace?
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To screw Russia,
they won't complain.
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Let's do it.
Nemerov can choke on it.
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Bill.
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Dr. Ryan.
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- Yes, sir?
- What do you think?
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Mr. President, conventional wisdom
would suggest that Nemerov...