It's Incredibly hot

West Wing - It's incredibly hot and there's no water

FADE IN: INT. THE SITUATION ROOM - DAY

BARTLET

Nancy's in her office. 

There are some calls 

I asked her to make.

LEO

I've told the President about the parachute.

FITZWALLACE

Tommy, do they even make parachutes in Israel? They're saying it's an

Israeli-made parachute.

TOMMY

They make 'em. They're good ones.

BARTLET

Listen, I know we're here for a serious purpose, 

for a sober purpose, but I wanted to say

I've never been a part of a street gang before, 

and that's basically what we are -- 

a pretty well-financed one -- 

But anyway, I wanted to say it feels good, 

and I think when we're done with this meeting, 

I think we should go out and get girls, and I don't know,

maybe knock over a fruit stand or something.

LEO

Okay.

BARTLET

We're going to need to learn to sing and dance.

LEO

The information is basically coming 

from the NSC operations unit.

MAN

A cell phone intercept between the Sultan and Habib. 

"The Butcher of Kafr will have 

no choice but to resign."

TOMMY

And we're sure he's talking about Israel?

MAN

"The Butcher of Kafr will have 

no choice but to resign."

LEO

Well, the B-movie dialogue aside...

BARTLET

Toby and Josh are back. Toby Ziegler and Josh Lyman 

missed the motorcade in Indiana yesterday. 

It's taken them 20 hours to get home. 

They're walking into D.C. right now.

LEO

Doesn't matter. Let's assume the Sultan 

goes to Al Jazeera and announces that 

Shareef's plane didn't go down accidentally -- 

that it was brought down by the Israelis. 

What are the options we've come up with so far?

MAN

Do nothing.

TOMMY

Which we can't do.

MAN

Call Qumar's bluff. 

Demand they produce proof.

FITZWALLACE

We can't call there bluff.

MAN

Why?

FITZWALLACE

'Cause they're calling our bluff. 

When they produce manufactured proof, we'd 

have to say, "You manufactured that." 

And they'd say, "How do you know?" 

So, the next option is we defend Israel.

BARTLET

You're not curious why they're walking into D.C.?

LEO

No.

TOMMY

What happens if Hezbollah launches a missile at Israel?

FITZWALLACE

Israel attacks...

BARTLET

Walking into D.C. from where I guess you got to ask.

LEO

You want to hunker down?

BARTLET

Okay, just for that, when it comes time 

to give out gang nicknames, you're going to be... 

I don't know, but you're not going 

to have a good nickname.

LEO

Okay.

BARTLET

Ellie had a teacher named Mr. Pordy, 

who had no interest in nuance. 

He asked the class why there's

always been conflict in the Middle East 

and Ellie raised her hand and said,

"It's a centuries old religious conflict 

involving Land and Suspicions and Culture

and..." "Wrong." Mr. Pordy said, 

"It's because it's incredibly hot 

and there's no water." (to Leo) 

I'm hunkered down. 

I'm going to East Lansing. 

We're going to need A Lawyer.