Rules Of Engagement Page #2

We're ready to evacuate, unless you

want to stay and run the embassy.

I want to go right... now!

We called hours ago!

All right, sir, come to me.

Stay calm and come to me.

- Stay calm. Come to me. Stay low.

- We're like targets!

- We're sitting targets!

- Follow Sergeant Mac. Go!

Come on! Down there!

Down there! Right there!

Right there!

Down there! Down there!

Go ahead, ma'am!

Go ahead!

Go ahead, ma'am, go ahead!

Come on, son. Come on!

- What's your name, son? Justin?

-Justin.

Come on, Justin! Come on!

- Justin, what's that you got there?

- A flashlight.

We're gonna ride in a helicopter.

Wanna bring that with you?

- Huh? Come on. Come on!

- Mommy!

Let's go, ma'am, go!

Go, go, go!

All TRAP Unit six,

stay low, stay low!

We got crap coming over the walls

and sniper fire at 100 meters. Over.

Stay low! Sit tight,

sit tight, sit tight!

Colonel, we got three marines hit!

One is K.I.A.

One Alpha says they're gonna

try to breach the front gate!

- Tell them to wait out!

- Roger that!

Put the missus on board

first. Get in there, Mr. Ambassador.

I'll personally recommend you...

Where's the belt?

- I'll personally recommend...

- Hold it!

Where are you going? What? Colonel!

Colonel, we can't wait here!

Come on! Let's get out!

Come on!

Let's go! Christ!

We're leaving

in just a few seconds.

Let's go! Why are we sitting here?

Why are we sitting here?

- Sir, please! Look at me. Stay calm.

- Let's go!

She's free, sir!

Go!

Hope you know how

to fold this, sir.

Thank you, Colonel.

I'll never forget this.

Sir.

Go!

Krasevitch is hit!

Corpsman! Corpsman!

Sh*t!

Goddamn it!

F***!

Six, Red Man.

Engage hostile targets

as they appear.

Deadly force is authorized.

How copy? Over.

Red Man, Trans Six Actual.

Negative, negative!

Be advised, I have women

and children in my line of fire.

I got snipers in the buildings

at 400 meters. How copy? Over.

What is it about this order

you don't understand, Captain Lee?

Sir, are you ordering me

to fire into the crowd? Over.

Yes, goddamn it!

Waste the motherfuckers!

Six out.

Engage! Engage!

Open fire!

Cease fire!

Cease fire!

Cease fire!

Stay down! There may still be

snipers out there.

Cease fire!

- Cease fire, goddamn it!

- Everybody stay down!

There may still be snipers

out there. Stay down!

Get down!

- Sergeant Mac.

- Sir?

Contact all stations.

Mission complete.

Launch medevacs.

Dead and wounded out first.

Aye, Colonel.

All stations, this is RedMan.

Mission complete.

Move all medevacs to L.Z.

Howcopy? Over.

The FBI. investigation shows...

that all the bullet holes

in the embassy wall...

came from directly across

the way, from the snipers.

Any weapons or ammo found

among the dead or wounded?

No, sir. Nothing.

However, intelligence suggests...

this could have been

a terrorist operation.

Any proof?

This is a tape from

the embassy security system.

- Want me to thread it up?

- No. I don't want to watch videos.

I don't want to hear about

ammo casings in some building,

'cause here I got

unarmed...

women, children, old men.

Another hundred or so

critically wounded.

Here I got an international

crisis of mega f***ing proportions!

Bill, you know there have been

regular reports...

of a terrorist

plot against this embassy.

This was a regularly scheduled

protest. It was every week.

It was the usual bullshit about

American presence in the gulf.

Have you looked at these?

I mean, I'm just assuming you have,

since they're on the front page

of every newspaper in the world.

It's not that the rest of the

world wants to hold us responsible,

we are responsible!

We can't even have

the appearance of a cover-up.

That does not excuse us

from our duty, Mr. Sokal.

We sent Colonel Childers in there,

and the mission went to sh*t.

We can't go after the man

who carried out his orders...

and ignore the people

who issued those orders.

Childers ordered the slaughter...

of innocent women and children.

Get that straight right now.

I'll tell you

what we ought to get straight.

We lost three

United States Marines.

They lost 83!

Now, are we gonna go to war

with Yemen over it?

We're covering our ass all over

the Middle East right now, General.

Because of your man's

hot headed miscalculation,

we are in danger of losing embassies

in Saudi, Jordan and Egypt.

We're in danger

of losing our presence...

with every moderate

in the region.

Now they're gonna scream

"cover up".

The screaming will get so loud we'll

be sending Marines back over there,

and the body count of American

dead is gonna be higher than three.

I see where you're going

with this, Mr. Sokal.

Will you be needing me

anymore today?

No.

No, that's fine, General.

Thankyou.

Good day to you, sir.

Where do you think

you're going with that?

- You don't want to look at it.

- Nobody's lookin' at it.

Why should the United States

be held responsible...

for the actions of one man?

What if the crowd

had weapons?

What if this shows

they did fire first?

He could have fired over

their heads, this moron!

Didn't he know where he was?

The Middle East!

He could have isolated

on the snipers.

He could have

avoided confrontation.

He could have done

Instead, he destroyed a fragile

trust, put his own men in danger...

F*** this guy!

Forget this tape.

I don't want to watch it.

I don't want to testify about it.

I don't want it to exist.

Good morning, sir.

Good morning, sir.

Aye, aye, sir.

As soon as it's time.

General, Colonel Childers

reporting as ordered, sir.

- Give us a minute, Skip.

- Yes, sir.

Colonel, it's my duty to inform

you that you've been charged with...

You know the drill.

This is the Article 32

investigation.

You're facing

a general court-martial...

and charged with violation

ofat least three articles...

everything from "breach of peace"

to "conduct unbecoming".

But the bottom line... 83 counts,

violation of Article 118, murder.

You issued an illegal order

to have your marines...

fire into a group

of innocent civilians.

Murder, sir?

I'm the convening authority, so I've

gotta get this B.S. out of the way.

Sign here, initial here.

You're not a flight risk, so there

won't be any pretrial confinement.

This court-martial convenes

in eight days...

by direct order of

the national command authority.

Do you want me to call

Bob Bennett or one of those guys,

or do you want to go

with base legal?

Terry, goddamn it,

we've been friends for20years.

You want to tell me exactly

what the hell happened out there?

I lost marines. The crowd

was hostile. They fired on us.

They fired first, sir.

I want you to know

I did everything in the world...

to keep this from happening.

It's just out

of my hands now.

Thanks a lot.

When's the last time you

actually caught something here?

Two years.

- I really need your help.

- I'll help. Anything you need.

You want me to take the stand?

I'll be a character witness.

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