Deterrence Page #9

we will launch

a full-scale...

Nuclear attack...

On five...

Four locations...

Inside America, Israel...

And every member of NATO.

Knight takes rook.

That is all for now.

Miller here, sir.

We have one option now.

Miss, let me get some more coffee.

Conventional attack, or no?

Not even that anymore.

I think we must carefully

consider what Omari said.

Our satellites have been on the

listed longitudes and latitudes.

I should have a report in five minutes.

Admiral Miller, I want the b-2 to proceed

forward till it reaches the border.

Sir, in light of this new development,

I must agree with admiral Miller.

We don't even know if they're going

to fire chemical weapons at all.

It's even less likely now that arab

forces are moving towards Israel.

They'll be firing on themselves. Exactly.

So why risk an international nuclear attack on

something that probably won't happen anyway?

Sir, we risk almost no condemnation...

If we fire on them using conventionals.

Look, even if they do fire those weapons...

Let me be Frank.

If it means sacrificing

Israel or Turkey, so be it,

as long as we save American lives.

Sometimes the toughest decisions

are the ones with one option.

Excuse me, sir, but you have created a

mistake here. You've created a monster.

But that does not mean that we can't

deal with this thing methodically.

We take out their chemical

warheads using conventionals.

Upon returning to the white

house, we deal with Hussein...

Calm, cool and collected.

Lancaster back, sir.

I'm here.

It's bad. Let me

give you the layout.

Okay, hold on a second.

Howard, you got a pencil?

I have a red felt pen, sir, but no pencil.

Please, give it to him.

Didn't ask for a red felt

p... felt pen is fine.

Agent Williams, general Lancaster

is going to give us some locations.

Mark them on that map over

there with that red pen.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Ready when you are, general. We

have uncontroverted information...

That nuclear weapons are now uncovered.

On the tip of tripoli, we

see two missiles. Tripoli.

Ladies and gentlemen,

ibs has latched onto...

The latitudes and longitudes

of all the locations...

Provided by the Iraqi government.

Our satellite cameras can now confirm...

The following launching pads, which seem to

come from land bases all over the world,

and, remarkably, submarines.

The first appears to be in tripoli.

We have uncontroverted information...

The missiles in tripoli are aimed at Rome.

Cruise missiles are directed at New Delhi.

Tomahawk missiles are poised

to strike against Addis Ababa.

Missiles based on inland China...

Are aimed at Tokyo and Hiroshima.

We now confirm

the following American targets.

There's also an indication

that New York, Washington, D.C.,

and pensacola, Florida, are targeted.

Iraq's Lancelot missile is programmed

to hit NORAD in Colorado Springs.

Sir, Mr. Omari

is back on the line.

So much for not negotiating

with a Jew. Yeah.

Considering this situation, I'm surprised

he wants to negotiate with this Jew.

Okay, I'm ready for you, sir.

Back up, Dex.

Go ahead.

And... you're good.

I assume you have confirmed out positions.

We have.

I assure you, the moment your air

force passes into our airspace,

we will consider that

a first strike before the fact.

I understand.

We will fire...

All our weapons simultaneously.

We have never bluffed a military

action, and we will not now.

- I assume not.

- We are, however,

willing to reach an

accommodation which should...

May result in a peaceful resolution.

I'm listening.

Turn your plane around, and we will

stop loading missiles in rabat.

In addition, we will lower

our nuclear readiness...

And, disable our nuclear missiles.

What about the incursion into Kuwait?

That remains.

The United States has neither

the right nor the privilege...

To interfere in the internal

affairs of the Gulf states.

But, since you...

Attach your economic future

to the Saudi oil fields,

we'll be willing to sign a treaty...

Freezing oil prices at...

Current opec levels for the world.

We will also begin peace negotiations with,

Mr. Ben-razzi.

Carter and Clinton...

Had their moments as

middle east peace brokers.

Now... now you

can as well.

Not acceptable. You must withdraw

from Kuwait immediately.

This is not a negotiation,

Mr. Emerson.

All right. Well, then the b-2, of course, will

be over your airspace in about five minutes.

He wants to speak directly to you, sir.

Here goes.

Put him on speaker.

He's up. This is the president.

Mr. president,

understand this.

We have the power.

We have the oil.

I have the match.

"I have the match"?

Is that your response, sir?

"I have the match"?

That's my response.

Omari is right, sir. If there's one thing

these guys don't do, they don't bluff.

No, he's not bluffing,

but nothing's changed.

Sir, 23 nuclear missiles aimed

at us and our allies...

Is a definite definition

of something having changed.

General Lancaster, you still with us?

Right here, sir.

There must be someway to confirm where

the Iraqi nuclear arsenal came from.

We have Paul rubenstein on it.

He's our foreign munitions expert.

He's looking at our satellite images now.

Okay, let's not let the b-2

enter Iraqi airspace.

- I want to hear this first.

- Good move, sir.

I don't see what difference it

makes where they came from.

They have them. They're ready to use them.

We either call their bluff, or

we abort the nuclear mission.

Mr. president, I'd be happy to

give the order to abort mission.

I didn't say anything about abort mission.

I said hold position.

Don't play a f***ing game with me, admiral.

This is the bomber that our sources

in the Pentagon are telling us...

Will be used to carry and drop a

nuclear weapon onto the Iraqi capital.

This multibillion-dollar stealth

bomber has been revamped...

So we can assume that

their ballistic missiles...

Came from an exchange of technology

from China and/or north Korea.

Pakistan. Pakist... China

and north Korea, sir.

I wouldn't jump to that

conclusion just yet, Gayle.

Let's hear what this

rubenstein fellow has to say.

Madam secretary? I'm on

with Blair in a minute.

The rest of the department is already in

communication with the other heads of state.

What about president gestaing?

He's being transported to a secure phone.

It has been 60 years since any nation...

Has dropped an atomic bomb on another.

Sixty years in which

the deadliness of the weapon...

Has risen in direct proportion to the

advances in science and technology.

Our two pair cannot beat his boat. What?

Major coddington, would you

excuse us, please? No, he's fine.

Hear me out. Take away udei's

offer for price stabilization.

Assume he's gonna bump the

sh*t out of oil prices, okay?

That's gonna send us

into an economic tailspin.

He still has the weaponry to launch

on us and a dozen other countries.

Now, once we hit Iraq...

If.

Ifwe hit Iraq, there's no reason

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