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12 Strong Page #5
That's the difference
between you and me.
You have many men over you.
Over me, only God.
God, that was, that was some
Yeah.
Sir, sitrep from Spencer.
He's requesting a supply drop
for Dostum's men.
Winter's coming, and they
need gear and provisions.
Yeah, ship it out.
Where's Nelson?
Not sure. Terrain's cutting
off radio reception.
He thinks that Nelson's
en route to Dostum's HQ.
Our best guess is here.
Cobaki.
All right, hold on. Why aren't
Nelson and Spencer together?
Nelson split the team.
He took six men
and left Spencer and
the others at the recon point.
Christ, why'd he do that?
Dostum only gave him
six horses.
Apparently, that's the only
way to cross the mountains.
According to Spencer,
the horses aren't
just transportation.
Spencer says Dostum
relies on them for combat.
Horses?
Yes, sir.
There. Mullah Razzan's men.
Wait, where?
You see
the pickup trucks?
Those are the Taliban forces
outside of Bescham.
Right. Okay, General,
let me explain how this works.
I need to be close enough to give the
exact coordinates and elevation.
It's too dangerous.
General, we're too far away.
I can't call in anything
from here.
500 of my men can die
before one American gets
a scratch. You know why?
No, why, sir?
Because if one American die,
your government leaves,
and then we lose the war.
Okay. I'm dropping these bombs
from 30,000 feet.
The plane doesn't guide
the bombs, I do.
If I can't get close enough, I
can't call in the exact location.
Give me your little map.
Give me your map.
There. See?
Here. Taliban.
Here. Taliban.
- Okay.
- And here, Taliban.
Now drop your bomb.
- He's not getting it.
- And we're still too far away.
- Drop bombs.
- How do I even know this is the Taliban?
Who else would it be?
There are a lot of armies
in these mountains, General,
and the U.S. is only at war
with one of them.
You call me a liar?
I'm not saying that.
I'm just saying
that we're so far away
I can't even tell
what we're shooting at,
what we're hittin'.
Christ, he's calling
the f***ing Taliban.
America, f*** you!
See? Drop bombs.
Badger 17, this is Alpha 595.
We need a drop
on enemy position.
8-4-7-2, 6-5-4-3.
How copy? Over.
Alpha 595, I copy.
8-4-7-2, 6-5-4-3, over.
Roger. Drop when ready.
You hit the green on this one,
boss, you're a goddamn wizard.
Yeah, no sh*t.
Come on.
Sh*t.
All right, someone explain
to these guys we missed.
Goddamn. Sh*t.
That was ridiculous. I didn't
come here to play around.
Check fire, we're way off.
Stay here,
I'll call back coordinates.
No, no, Nelson.
- Where's Cap going?
- I don't know. Coffers.
I'm getting closer.
Wasn't gonna let you have
all the fun.
You ready for new coordinates?
Yeah, we got some
anxious people up here.
8-3-9-6...
Bad element maneuvered
in on 'em.
Captain, there's an element
moving in on you.
All right, stay here.
Let's go!
I'll say again. 8-3-9...
6-4-5-7.
Clear and hot.
Bombs inbound, boys.
Let's move!
We're danger close, Cap!
Move back! Move!
Move! Move!
General.
Their forward position's
obliterated.
Why aren't we moving
on the village?
You will not
live long here
if you ignore
what I'm telling you.
You told me to bomb,
that's what I did.
Why aren't we attacking?
That wasn't the plan today.
You mind telling me the plan?
We attack tomorrow.
Tomorrow. Great.
So that was, uh, what?
A rehearsal, yeah. Great.
I'm not gonna negotiate.
These are my boots.
You know, the ones you stole
from our drop?
I don't know what that means.
I bet you we haven't
even found half our sh*t.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah. That roof
looks familiar, doesn't it?
Hey, how much, huh?
What is that? $10? $9.50?
Huh?
They got 10% of our MREs,
a quarter of our blankets.
We're missing a lot.
What?
Guess they like
our chem suits.
Trs chic.
I'd like to tell you
it gets easier, but...
You know, every now and then,
you meet a guy
who doesn't feel anything.
He goes out there,
he kills people.
hits the pillow.
You know, I used to think that
that'd be better, right?
That maybe
I was just too weak.
Then I realized...
Nah.
That's the thing that
reminds us that we're humans.
Hey, here we go.
How'd you make out?
All kinds of goodies.
Good. Get most of it back?
It was like shopping
at Macy's.
- Hey, yo, Spence, bro.
- Yeah.
See that little kid
over there?
Yeah.
I can't even take a piss
without the kid
up in my business.
Well, it is
pretty fascinating.
No, not really. It's not.
No. He follows me around
Why don't you stop
giving him treats?
Bro, that's the thing. I don't
give him sh*t, all right?
He just follows me
around smiling
with his little 1910 gun, bro.
You don't get it, do you?
What, Spence?
These guys guard us.
Any one of us gets killed,
he thinks is responsible
and his whole family.
And this poor boy got you.
So be nice.
Be nice.
Hey, uh, Najeeb?
Here, bro,
I got you a little...
It's a little sucker.
Put it in your mouth.
No, no!
You take the thing off it.
And then you put it
in your mouth. Yeah.
Put it in your mouth. Yeah.
Don't even f***ing go there,
bro. Don't go there, bro.
- Give me my shoes.
- That's cute.
- Shut up.
- It's cute.
This is their
next objective, Bescham.
There's only one way in,
and the Taliban know it.
They're dug in hard
just outside of town
right here, heavily fortified.
The whole f***ing thing's
a buzzsaw, sir.
Yeah, then why the hell is
Nelson walking into it?
Sh*t.
Did I pick the wrong guy?
Sir, this one's not on Nelson.
It's geography.
Bescham is the only way
to Mazari.
Yeah, maybe so. But we can't
pin all our hopes on Nelson.
Let's get a second team
in the works.
If Dostum doesn't make it
to Bescham
by the time
the weather sets in,
it's gonna be a real shitshow.
General,
B-52s are in position.
You have any idea
what's going on?
Dostum need to find out if his
nephew still over there,
fighting along with Taliban.
Many switch sides.
For necessity, loyalty change.
Why the hell
would they do that?
A lot of these guys
are farmers.
Taliban comes through,
they torture, murder,
force them to fight.
What choice do they have?
Is it just me
or does it feel like
these a**holes are counting their
money every time they look at us?
General.
His nephew left this morning.
We can proceed.
Oh. Great.
War's back on, guys.
General, we're minutes
from range.
Is there anything you can tell me
so I can better prepare my men
- to assist you?
- Very good.
I don't know if horses
were the best idea today.
The bombs are gonna
scare them bad.
The horses know
that these are American bombs.
They won't be afraid.
Oh, they know that
they're American bombs. Okay.
Makes sense.
Wookie-99, new grid.
8-3-4-2, break, 6-6-4-9.
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