"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.
