A Bright Shining Lie Page #9

- Sir, they want confirmation.

- Sh*t, we're about to be overrun.

- Just do it.

- Senior advisor says go.

(Over radio) Recon Skyhawk,

enemy is now one mile.

Recon Skyhawk,

enemy now 800 yards, over.

Major, here they come.

Colonel, let's get ready.

(Speaks Vietnamese)

Come on. Come on. Come on.

(Orders shouted in Vietnamese)

Come on. Come on.

(Approaching aircraft)

(Muted explosions)

(Shouts and groans)

(Loud creaking)

(Coughs, groans)

(Coughing)

Where you get your luck?

Ba, let's get these men organised,

get out there, see what's left.

(Man) Here he is now.

(Pilot) Roger, touchdown, over.

- (John) What is all this?

- Congratulations, John. Hell of an action.

Mr Ambassador.

The president asked me to convey

his and our country's appreciation.

- Thank you, sir.

- John, step right this way.

(Order shouted in Vietnamese)

We have a little surprise here for you.

- John, President Thieu.

- Mr President.

The people of Vietnam are grateful

for your help in defending our country.

I'm honoured, thank you.

Congratulations, John, you deserve it.

(# Military march)

This was great, Fred,

but I better be getting back.

- You sure?

- Yeah, duty calls.

Good luck, John.

You know, Fred, we can win this thing.

- You bet.

- (Ambassador) I'm not here to supply gossip.

Yes, but... Excuse me one moment.

John.

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

I have something that might interest you.

"Former Vietnam veteran Douglas Elders

"claimed the US government

has conspired to deceive the American people

"in order to pursue an illegal war in Vietnam."

- Well, I'll be dammed.

- Someone's prepared to stop peddling the lie.

- What lie would that be?

- That we're here to solve Vietnam's problems.

We are the problem and that's the truth.

Well, you see, Steven,

there's your truth and there's my truth

and they're two different things.

All I know is up that road is old General Giap

and when he and I speak

to each other, we never lie.

General Giap and you?

John, the war's not about warriors any more.

It's about children and women and

rice paddies, and you know who told me that?

You did. You did.

I gotta go.

I got men holding the line up there.

(Over radio)... flight will be cancelled.

Repeat. Recent wind...

Boss, we really don't have the weather.

Come on, let's go.

(Sighs)

(Phone)

Hello.

No.

He's dead?

How? I was just...

Oh, man.

(# Bugle plays Last Post)

(Sighs)

(Burnett) John Paul Vann

was America's warrior.

He personified our good intentions,

our arrogance, our courage,

and ultimately our folly.

He had fought to redeem the unredeemable,

to salvage the doomed enterprise

called South Vietnam.

In death he had triumphed over defeat

while the rest of us are left to ask...

"Why?"

(# Where Have All The Flowers Gone)

# Where have all the flowers gone?

# Long time passing

# Where have all the flowers gone?

# Long time ago

# Where have all the flowers gone?

# Young girls pick them, every one

# When will they ever learn?

# When will they ever learn?

# Where have all the young girls gone?

# Long time passing

# Where have all the young girls gone?

# Long time ago

# Where have all the young girls gone?

# Gone to young men, every one

# When will they ever learn?

# When will they ever learn?

# Where have all the young men gone?

# Long time passing

# Where have all the young men gone?

# Long time ago

# Where have all the young men gone?

# Gone for soldiers, every one

# When will they ever learn?

# When will they ever learn?

# Where have all the soldiers gone?

# Long time passing

# Where have all the soldiers gone?

# A long, long time ago

# Where have all the soldiers gone?

# Gone to graveyards every one

# When will they ever learn?

# When will they ever learn?

# Where have all the graveyards gone?

# Long time passing

# Where have all the graveyards gone?

# Long time ago

# Where have all the graveyards gone?

# Gone to flowers, every one

# When will they ever learn?

# When will they ever learn? #

English SDH

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