:28:15
The situation is worse than we thought
:28:17
We now count 40 missiles
:28:20
40 missiles
:28:23
Longer range IRBM's
:28:24
They can hit every place
in the country, except Seattle
:28:29
Mr. President
:28:31
you give me the order right now
:28:33
my planes will be ready
to strike in 3 days time
:28:37
Just say "go"
:28:39
and my boys
will get those red bastards
:28:43
General, how long
until the Army's ready?
:28:47
We've just begun the mobilization
:28:48
under cover of
a pre-arranged exercise, sir
:28:50
We're looking at
another week and a half
:28:52
But you can order the strikes now
:28:56
The plans call for
an eight day air campaign
:28:58
It'll light a fire
under the army's ass to get in place
:29:03
General Lemay, do you truly believe
that's our best course of action?
:29:05
Mr. President
:29:06
I believe
it is the only course of action
:29:08
America is in danger
:29:11
Those missiles are a threat
to our bomber bases
:29:13
and the safety of
our nuclear deterrent
:29:15
Without our deterrent
:29:16
there's nothing to keep the enemy
from choosing general nuclear war
:29:21
It's out duty
:29:22
Our responsibility to the American
people to take out those missiles
:29:26
and return stability
to the strategic situation
:29:29
The Big Red Dog
is digging in our back yard
:29:32
and we are justified in shooting him
:29:34
Sir
:29:35
we have a rapidly
closing window of opportunity
:29:39
where we can to prevent those missiles
from becoming operational
:29:42
The other options
:29:44
do not guarantee the end result
that we can guarantee
:29:48
However, as more time goes by
:29:51
the less reliable the choice
we can offer you becomes
:29:54
Mr. President
:29:55
the motto I chose for SAC
:29:58
is "Peace is our Profession"