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Which means,
Nemerov just launched...
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the most massive attack
in the history of chemical warfare.
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Let's talk response.
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-Worst thing we could do is nothing.
-I agree.
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Let him get away with chemical
weapons, what's next? Biological?
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Nuclear?
:37:14
Okay. Short of gassing the Kremlin,
what's our strongest response?
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- We send in peacekeepers.
- Chechnya's not sovereign.
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They requested recognition,
so we recognize them.
:37:24
Not full diplomatic recognition.
Provisional.
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Then we get the Chechens to request
emergency international assistance.
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- And we send in peacekeepers.
- How do you get them in there?
:37:33
- Fly them in from Turkey.
- Over Armenian airspace?
:37:36
To screw Russia,
they won't complain.
:37:41
Let's do it.
Nemerov can choke on it.
:37:45
Bill.
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Dr. Ryan.
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- Yes, sir?
- What do you think?
:37:57
Mr. President, conventional wisdom
would suggest that Nemerov...
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is playing the traditional
Russian role...
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be aggressive,
flex your muscles...
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dare the world to stop you.
:38:06
But Nemerov isn't conventional.
:38:08
He walks like a hard-liner,
talks like a hard-liner.
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Yes, but with all due respect,
I don't think he is one.
:38:13
He gassed another country's capital.
With all due respect, you're wrong.
:38:17
Why are we wasting our time?
:38:19
What if he didn't order the attack?
:38:23
What if Nemerov
didn't order the attack?
:38:28
What if it was...
:38:30
a rogue general
or a splinter military unit...
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frustrated they couldn't get
their rebels out of the city?
:38:36
Have you any reason to believe
he didn't order it or are you...
:38:39
just floating this?
:38:43
You don't know.
:38:48
I don't think he did it, sir.
:38:51
I would bet he didn't do it.
:38:56
If I could ask senior staff
to remain behind, please.