Thursday, 15 August 2024

I Don't Think He Did It


"Their Execution would tell The World 
I didn't have Control.

These days, it's better to appear 
Guilty than Impotent."


The Sum of All Fears (4/9) Movie CLIP - I Don't Think He Did It (2002) HD




At approximately 0600, Moscow time, 
The Russians launched a massive 
artillery strike against Grozny, 
the capital of Chechnya. 

The shells contained an experimental chemical weapon
known as the Novichok binary nerve agent. 

On those infrared sat photos, you can see 
saturation took 20 minutes. 
After which, every man, woman and child
inside a radius of 12 miles was rendered helpless
by symptoms approximating acute, 
late-stage cerebral palsy. 

The President :
How many dead? 

Best guess, 80 percent. Which means, Nemerov just launched... the most massive attack in the history of chemical warfare. Let's talk response. -

Worst thing we 
could do is nothing.

I agree. Let him get away with 
chemical weapons, what's next? 
Biological? Nuclear? 


The President
 :
Okay. Short of gassing the Kremlin
what's our strongest response?

We send in "peacekeepers".


Chechnya's not sovereign. 

They requested recognition, so we recognise them. 
Not full diplomatic recognition. Provisional
Then we get The Chechens to request 
emergency international assistance.
And we send in "peacekeepers".


The President
 :
How do you get them in there?

Fly them in from Turkey.


The President
 :
Over Armenian airspace? 

To screw Russia, they won't complain. 


The President
 :
Let's do it. Nemerov can 
choke on it. Bill. 

Bill :
Dr. Ryan.

Orion :
Yes, sir?

What do you think? 

Orion :
Mr. President, conventional wisdom 
would suggest that Nemerov is playing 
the traditional Russian role -- be aggressive, 
flex your muscles -- dare 
The World to stop you. 

But Nemerov isn't conventional. 

He walks like a hard-liner, 
talks like a hard-liner. 

Orion :
Yes, but with all due respect, 
I don't think he is one. 


He gassed another 
country's capital

Orion :
With all due respect, 
you're wrong. 


Why are we wasting our time? 


Orion :
What if he didn't order the attack? 
What if Nemerov didn't order the attack? 
What if it was... a rogue general 
or a splinter military unit... 
frustrated they couldn't get 
their rebels out of the city? 

Have you any reason to believe he didn't order it 
or are you... just floating this? You don't know

Orion :
I don't think he did it, sir. 
I would bet he didn't do it. 



The President
 :
....if I could ask senior staff to remain behind, please.

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