:29:00
airfields, ports, and gun emplacements.
:29:03
When will you be ready to launch
this air strike?
:29:09
October 23rd.
:29:12
Five days.
:29:13
Yes, sir.
:29:16
And how do you think the Russians
ill respond?
:29:21
They won't.
:29:24
Not at all?
:29:25
No, sir.
:29:30
Is that what you really think?
:29:36
Are you trying to tell me
that they'll let us bomb their missiles,
:29:39
kill a lot of Russians
and then do nothing?
:29:44
If they don't move in Cuba, General,
:29:45
they'll certainly do something in Berlin.
:29:51
We're in a pretty bad fix, Mr. President.
:29:55
You're in it with me.
:30:15
Imagine LeMay arguing that we should
go ahead and strike
:30:17
without considering the Russian response?
:30:22
Brass hats have one advantage, though;
:30:25
if we do what they want us to do
and they're wrong,
:30:27
there'll be nobody around later
to tell them they made a mistake.
:30:32
A blockade is far from a certain answer,
:30:35
it may not be strong enough
to do the job,
:30:38
it may force the Russians to retaliate,
:30:40
but is the only choice we have
short of a war.
:30:43
I want a consensus,
a firm consensus advocating a blockade
:30:47
from that committee in the next day
or two.
:30:49
Well, is a bitch,
there isn't a man of us
:30:51
who hasn't changed his mind
at least once, including me.
:30:54
If by next Thursday the missile bases
are still under construction,
:30:57
we should notify our chief allies
and hit the bases the next day,