:06:00
My orders are
to stop Arab resistance in this area.
:06:03
That's exactly what l intend to do.
Thank you, gentlemen.
:06:10
Feroud.
:06:13
Yes, sir.
:06:15
Why don't you say it! Go ahead and say it!
:06:18
This hostage business
makes you want to vomit.
:06:21
On the contrary, l think
it's an excellent idea, as far as it goes.
:06:25
But why shoot only five hostages?
:06:27
Why not 10?
Or even 20 for every soldier killed?
:06:31
ln no time,
you'll have the population of Damascus...
:06:33
...against the walls,
and you've ended all resistance.
:06:36
My soldiers didn't survive Verdun
to have their throats cut in this hole.
:06:45
Sit down.
:06:55
Do you think l like to slaughter civilians?
:06:58
The Syrians will think so.
:06:59
They don't think.
They're guerrillas, bandits.
:07:02
They consider themselves patriots.
:07:04
We French came along with a mandate--
:07:06
They don't like it, and they don't trust us!
l know all that!
:07:10
l know how to make them happy, too.
Pack up my army and march out.
:07:14
lf l may say so, there is another way.
You could send me to see Emir Hassan.
:07:19
You never let go of an idea, do you?
:07:20
lt still isn't too late to arrange a truce.
:07:22
You'd only get your throat cut.
You know what a butcher he is.
:07:27
l wonder what they'll call you
after you execute those hostages.
:07:31
Never mind what they'll call me.
l'm only concerned with doing my duty.
:07:38
What about the men who are supplying them
guns and ammunition?
:07:41
-You should have had some results by now.
-l think l have a lead.
:07:45
But one or two leads. lt's like trying
to stop up the holes in a sieve.
:07:51
You want them to call me softheaded.
Sentimental.
:07:56
You have to be realistic.
:07:59
There's more than one way
of being realistic, sir.