:05:13
l've tried appealing to reason.
:05:15
l've offered concessions.
:05:19
l've posted proclamations.
:05:22
Now l am forced to resort
to more drastic measures.
:05:26
l have here a list of
prominent Druze sympathisers.
:05:29
l want them taken into custody immediately.
:05:32
Today at noon, six of them will be
lined up against a wall in the square...
:05:35
...where our men were murdered.
:05:37
The remaining will be forced
to witness their execution.
:05:41
-Do l make myself clear?
-Yes, sir.
:05:44
l want one last proclamation posted.
:05:47
From today on...
:05:48
...for every Frenchman murdered,
we will execute five Syrian hostages.
:05:54
There's a language they should understand.
:05:56
That's the fourth patrol
they've shot up in 10 days.
: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.