1:23:21
Less than 24 hours
after president Nixon called them bums...
1:23:25
...four students were shot dead
at Kent State University in Ohio.
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Enraged student groups
across the country...
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...are calling for a general
strike tomorrow to shut down...
1:23:34
I tell you, the soldiers were provoked.
Now, stop this pussyfooting around.
1:23:38
Jesis Christ, some dead kids. How the hell did we
give the Democrats a weapon like this?
1:23:41
Well, one way or the other,
Kent State is not good.
1:23:45
We have to get out
in front of this thing.
1:23:47
Follow the money. Money.
Follow the money.
Sir?
1:23:50
These kids are being manipulated
by the Communists...
1:23:53
...like Chambers and Hiss.
1:23:55
What's the matter with you?
This isn't '48. They'll never buy it.
1:23:59
How do you know that, John?
What's Hoover found, for God's sake?
1:24:02
Well, he called the other day, sir.
He asked for President Harding.
1:24:08
We can have a national prayer day.
Never complain, never explain John.
1:24:11
Come on, these are not
fraternity pranks, John.
1:24:14
No, this is anarchy.
It's a revolution.
1:24:17
I wouldn't go that far, sir.
Why not?
1:24:21
Is it worth it, sir?
I mean...
1:24:23
Is the war worth a one-term presidency?
Because right now I think that's what we're looking at.
1:24:27
I will not go down as the first
American president to lose a war.
1:24:30
Going to Cambodia,
bombing Hanoi, bombing Laos...
1:24:32
...buys us time so we can get out and give
the South Vietnamese a fighting chance.
1:24:36
Exactly, sir.
If we keep our heads, we'll win this thing.
1:24:40
What, win Vietnam, sir?
No, no.
1:24:43
No, but we can drive a stake through
the heart of the Communist alliance.
1:24:48
Henry's getting strong signals
from the Chinese.
1:24:51
They fear the Vietnamese
more than the Russians...
1:24:53
...and they're worried
about a united Vietnam.
1:24:56
Now, if we stick it out,
we'll end up negotiating separately...
1:24:59
...with both the Chinese
and the Soviets.