Deterrence Page #4

I'm certainly not gonna offer

up another tiny force,

naked and vulnerable to Hussein in the Gulf,

not like the 300 that just died.

Yeah.

Right, sir.

Are you telling me that we have

no manpower in the Gulf area?

- There is one carrier. It's the u.S.S...

- Wait. Hold it.

Why didn't you tell us there was a carrier?

What do you think the point of this

conversation is? Sir, I was just about to...

Now you're telling us there's one carrier.

Theu.S.S. Powell.

Hold on, sir. Hold on, please. Yes?

We're just getting the

pictures from the n.P.I.C.

What's that?

Is that ours?

Lbs correspondents have confirmed

that three Iraqi divisions...

The hammurabi, the Medina luminous...

And the in God we trust...

Are in Kuwait.

The Kuwaiti military force

of a few thousand troops...

Must now contend with a half

a million Iraqi troops.

Udei's not gonna make the same

mistakes his father made.

He's not gonna wait for us to

build up our strength. All right.

There's no tougher military proposition

than reversing an invasion,

but that's exactly what we're going to do.

I'm gonna hang up the line. I'll

be back to you in ten minutes.

When I do, I expect to be able

to conference call. Howard?

Conference call makes

our line unsecure, sir.

How many speakerphones can we set up, then?

We have four secure satellite

speakerphones like this one.

They're trained on the Sierra system.

But we've got some cell phones, don't we?

No, those are utterly impossible

in terms of security.

I think what we should do is we

should stick with the satellites,

and I'll place the calls

through my q-line.

There are several unauthorized people here.

I don't think... that is my decision.

I want cabinet members and any essential

military personnel at the ready.

Major coddington.

Yes, sir.

Take a position by the booth,

and access only to the president,

myself and, and redford.

No problem, sir.

All right.

You got a map?

I don't think...

I can check in the Van. You looking

for a map or a globe? A map.

Howard, what about...

You got a laptop?

Can you pull up an atlas on the Internet?

Sir, the I-line memory's

not going to accommodate that.

I think if you get rid of one of these

phones... no, I need the phone lines.

Are you telling me all I have at my

disposal to battle global crisis...

Is four phones in a diner?

Four secure satellite phones, sir.

- Sir?

- Yes.

Sir, we have a map in the back.

Fine. Thank you. Could you get it,

please, and set it up over here?

Sir, I have

Mr. isaacson for you.

Hello. Mr. isaacson.

Hey, how are you?

Yeah. Yeah.

Well, hold on.

Yeah, this is Marshall Thompson.

Mr. Thompson, how are you? You just got me.

I was heading out the door.

You're aware of our situation?

Yeah, well, of course.

I'm headed to the station.

Yeah, yeah, well, it's obviously very grave.

Now, the president needs to make

an address to the nation.

Okay, well,

that's great. Sure.

We have one of your guys here doing a sort

of "day in the life of the campaign" deal.

Yeah, right. Noah Boyd.

He's one of our top guys.

Yeah, well, I never liked the idea,

but we could turn this around...

And make this beneficial to all of us, okay?

In what way? Now, it's the darndest thing.

See, we're stuck here. We're trapped

in a diner in... where are we?

Morty's roadside diner.

No, no, town, town.

- Aztec, Colorado.

- Yeah, we're in aztec, Colorado.

A-z-t-e... what? Home of

the screaming beavers.

Home of the screaming beavers.

A-z-t-e-c, and, we were out campaigning,

and, you know, then the

storm came out of nowhere.

The caravan was on its way back to air

force... anyway, we're in a diner.

So the president has to make an

address to the nation a.S.A.P.

Well, no problem. Can you give me to Noah?

Yeah, he's right...

- Noah.

- Yes, sir, I'm here.

He's right here. Is this possible, Noah?

Nothing's ever a problem, sir. We

can go through the I-com line.

Take me less than a minute to boot it up.

Okay, that's...

That's that, then.

Noah's got you covered. All right.

Now here's the deal.

This speech is yours exclusive.

All recording devices will go on and

off according to our instructions.

- Okay, let me talk to Noah.

- Yeah.

- Yes, sir?

- Got that Noah?

Loud and clear.

Good.

Okay. All right. I'll get

word to highland hills.

Now, listen. I don't want any of this

60 minutes hidden camera bullshit.

Straightforward.

You go over there.

Sir, I have prime minister

Ben-razzi on the phone.

Mr. prime minister.

Yes, sir, I'm fully aware of

the gravity of the situation.

Yes, sir, well, soon my country will

be at a state of full readiness.

I understand.

What? No, sir.

Sir, I beg of you to recall those planes,

or at least keep them in your

airspace for the next ten minutes.

No, no, I see this no differently

than bush did in '91.

An incursion on your part will only form

an alliance among the arab nations.

Well, Mr. prime...

Mr. prime minister,

I've made arrangements to go on ibs live...

In a couple of minutes here.

Globally, yes.

Exactly. Exactly.

That would... that's all I'm asking.

That would be great.

Yes, sir.

I don't think you'll have any need to

take an offensive action at that point.

All right.

Thank you, Mr. prime minister.

Okay. The prime minister has agreed...

To keep his air force in abeyance

until after the address.

Let's keep an open,

secure line there. Okay.

Let's get ready for the address. Okay.

All right.

No, off, off, off.

We're not ready yet.

Facts, figures, locations

are not important right now.

The important thing is to convey

a sense of determination...

About what it is

we're gonna do as a country.

That's what the American people have to hear.

That's what this speech is about.

I can verify what has

taken place, obviously.

Yes. And then I need to

be very, very specific.

Yeah. If you find yourself in general

waters, be very specific about it.

Excuse me, Mr. president.

As your national security

advisor, I must inform you...

That what you're about to do is not in

your best interest or that of the country.

Noted. On the record. However,

he is going on in a few minutes.

So is there anything that you

can advise the president...

That would be helpful for what he is

about to say to the American people?

If udei is in Kuwait

on his way to Saudi Arabia,

that means that he has cleared

out all of the minefields.

We are not talking brigades here.

We are talking armies.

I appreciate that very much...

the republican guard...

Is out in full force, and that is a

totally different matter here, sir.

The debate is over. I'm

going on the air. Noah?

Yes. We have to bring the monitor

over where I can read it...

And the president can see it.

I'm just grabbing

my tripod. Just a sec.

I'll watch the monitor

and make sure that ibs...

Remember, ibs is way ahead

of everybody on this.

Everybody knows basically what's going on.

I need to go on and be very specific

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