Hit it! Hit the goddamn bridge
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Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense:
This is a heavily-defended target in a very populated area. Gen. Earle 'Buzz' Wheeler:
The photos are right here, Mr. President ... Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense:
The photos are meaningless! The target is heavily defended. The pilots jettison their bombs while they're under attack. Now, I've been asking for two years why they don't just come straight up the river - that way, they dump their bombs, they go in the water and not on the people, and I still haven't got an answer! Gen. Earle 'Buzz' Wheeler:
Coming in from the gulf involves an extra turn, with our backs to those heavy defenses. Dean Rusk, Secretary of State:
If it is so well defended, should we risk The pilots? Men dying is a relative thing. Gen. Earle 'Buzz' Wheeler:
The effect of the air campaign is cumulative. Every blow makes the enemy stretch his resources. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense:
Stretching is a relative thing. Mr. President, we shouldn't be bombing for punitive reasons, but there just doesn't seem to be any point to this anymore! Lyndon Baines Johnson:
Hit it! Hit the goddamn bridge
This is a heavily-defended target in a very populated area. Gen. Earle 'Buzz' Wheeler:
The photos are right here, Mr. President ... Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense:
The photos are meaningless! The target is heavily defended. The pilots jettison their bombs while they're under attack. Now, I've been asking for two years why they don't just come straight up the river - that way, they dump their bombs, they go in the water and not on the people, and I still haven't got an answer! Gen. Earle 'Buzz' Wheeler:
Coming in from the gulf involves an extra turn, with our backs to those heavy defenses. Dean Rusk, Secretary of State:
If it is so well defended, should we risk The pilots? Men dying is a relative thing. Gen. Earle 'Buzz' Wheeler:
The effect of the air campaign is cumulative. Every blow makes the enemy stretch his resources. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense:
Stretching is a relative thing. Mr. President, we shouldn't be bombing for punitive reasons, but there just doesn't seem to be any point to this anymore! Lyndon Baines Johnson:
Hit it! Hit the goddamn bridge
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This is a heavily defended target
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in a very populated area
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The photos are right here Mr President
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The photos are meaningless
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the target is heavily defended
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The pilots jettison their bombs when they re under attack
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Now I've been asking for two years
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why they don't come straight up he river
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that way they dump the bombs
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they go in the water and not on the people
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and I still haven't got an answer
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Coming in from the Gulf involves an extra turn
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with our backs to those heavy defenses
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If it is so well defended should we risk the pilots
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Men dying is a relative thing
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The effect of the air campaign is cumulative
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Every blow makes the enemy stretch his resources
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Stretching is a relative thing
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Mr President we shouldn't be bombing
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for punitive reasons
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but there just doesn't seem any point to this anymore
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Hit it Hit the goddamn bridge What's next
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Movie Summary
In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.
Actors
Robert Mcnamara
Secretary Of Defense
