Rules of Engagement
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Yeah, yeah.
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I just have
one more thing, Colonel.

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Did you have to repeat
your orders to Captain Lee?

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- I'm sorry?
- You ordered Captain Lee...

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to engage hostile targets,
and he advised you...

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that there were women and children
in the line of fire.

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- Is that correct?
- He couldn't see...

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Yes or no, Colonel? Didhe
follow your first set of orders?

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I don't remember.
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Captain Lee is on record
as saying he hesitated...

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and mentioned the snipers
in the buildings.

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- Is his testimony accurate?
- I don't remember.

1:37:37
Let me get this straight.
1:37:39
You evacuate
the ambassador.

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You go back to the roof.
Two of your marines are K.I.A.

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A third,
Sergeant Krasevitch, dies.

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"You give your captain
an order which he doesn't follow;"

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in fact, he questions.
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And then you said what?
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I don't remember.
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You don't remember
what you said next?

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It was combat,
not some training exercise.

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A moment later,
your men were shooting.

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What did you say
to make that happen?

1:38:04
I don't know.
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You must have said something.
Captain Lee reversed himself.

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- What did you say?
- I don't know the exact words.

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- Let me help you.
- Your Honor.

1:38:13
You said, "Waste the motherfuckers,"
didn't you?

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- No, no, no.
- You didn't say it?

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- It all happened so fast...
- You're under oath, Colonel!

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Let me refresh
your memory.

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This is exhibit "ry" a tape
recording made aboard...

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the U.S.S. Wake Island of all radio
communications received that day,

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including your exact words.
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Your Honor, with your permission
I would like to play this tape.

1:38:35
If you got it on tape,
then that's what I said!

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They were killing my marines,
so, yeah, I said it!

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Waste the motherfuckers!
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- Are these "the motherfuckers"?
- Objection.

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- Overruled.
- Yes!

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- These?
- Objection!

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Yes!
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- These?
- Objection!

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- Overruled.
- Yes.

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Are these "the motherfuckers"...
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that you ordered to be wasted?
- Your Honor.

1:38:56
- Major.
- Yes!

1:38:57
The crowd in front of the embassy
had no weapons, did they, Colonel?


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