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- Any place I'd be interested in?
- You'd be interested in every place.
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"The sun never sets on the British Empire. "
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- Not if we can help it, it doesn't.
- Sometimes you can't help it.
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But this time...
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...Mr. Stone...
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...I think your friends would realize
that we're only trying to be helpful.
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A British military base in the Middle East
is a necessity for the free world.
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If they insist on our forces
being withdrawn...
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...your friends will be at the mercy
of terrible, powerful enemies...
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...with legitimate claims
on their territory...
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...and enough arms to overrun them
within a few days.
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And they will find,
possibly to their surprise...
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...that they're alone and friendless
in the practical political world.
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No nation is going to risk
being the first to recognize...
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...so weak and controversial a government.
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They are...
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...as the Bible says...
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..."a stiff-necked people. "
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Perhaps you could persuade them
that it's better to...
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...bend a little, if those necks
are going to be saved at all.
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Excuse me.
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What was that all about?
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I got this medal
because they don't trust Western Union.
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They want me to deliver a message.
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Listen, Mike, do you think
the United States...
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...will ever recognize the new state,
when and if it's declared?
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What the hell for?
What's in it for us but trouble?
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Your friends may have the Bible
in their favor...
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...but the Arabs have the oil.
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Do you think our state department's
going to hesitate choosing up sides?