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George Beckworth: How do you know we should be fighting for this present government? They've had no free elections. They've had no constitution. Six months ago, a committee was appointed to form a constitution... still no constitution.
Sergeant Muldoon: The school I went to, Mr. Beckworth, taught us that the thirteen colonies, with proper and educated leadership, all with the same goal in mind, AFTER the Revolutionary War, took from 1776 to 1787, eleven years of peaceful effort, before they came up with a paper that all thirteen colonies would sign... our present Constitution.
[the audience applauds]
George Beckworth: That's very good, Sergeant. But there are still a lot of people who believe that this is simply a war between the Vietnamese people! It's their war, let's let them handle it.
Sergeant Muldoon: Let them handle it, Mr. Beckworth?
[Points to a collection of weapons]
Sergeant Muldoon: Captured weaponry.
[as Muldoon takes the weapons from the board, he names them, then drops them on the table in front of Beckworth]
Sergeant Muldoon: From Red China: Chicom K-50, Chinese communist! SKS Soviet-made carbine, Russian communist! Ammunition, Czechoslovakian-made... Czech communist! No sir, Mr. Beckworth! It doesn't take a lead weight to fall on me or a hit from one of those weapons to recognize that what's involved here is communist domination of the world!
Sergeant Muldoon: The school I went to, Mr. Beckworth, taught us that the thirteen colonies, with proper and educated leadership, all with the same goal in mind, AFTER the Revolutionary War, took from 1776 to 1787, eleven years of peaceful effort, before they came up with a paper that all thirteen colonies would sign... our present Constitution.
[the audience applauds]
George Beckworth: That's very good, Sergeant. But there are still a lot of people who believe that this is simply a war between the Vietnamese people! It's their war, let's let them handle it.
Sergeant Muldoon: Let them handle it, Mr. Beckworth?
[Points to a collection of weapons]
Sergeant Muldoon: Captured weaponry.
[as Muldoon takes the weapons from the board, he names them, then drops them on the table in front of Beckworth]
Sergeant Muldoon: From Red China: Chicom K-50, Chinese communist! SKS Soviet-made carbine, Russian communist! Ammunition, Czechoslovakian-made... Czech communist! No sir, Mr. Beckworth! It doesn't take a lead weight to fall on me or a hit from one of those weapons to recognize that what's involved here is communist domination of the world!
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How do you know we should fight for this government
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They've had no free elections They have no constitution
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Six months ago a committee was appointed to form a constitution
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Still none
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The school l went to taught us that the 1 3 Colonies
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with proper educated leadership all with the same goal in mind
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after the Revolutionary War took from 1 776 to 1 787
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1 1 years of peaceful effort
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before they came up with a paper that all 1 3 colonies would sign
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Our present Constitution
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That's very good sergeant
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But a lot of people
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believe this is a war between the Vietnamese people
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Let's let them handle it
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Let them handle it Mr Beckworth
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Captured weaponry
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From Red China
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Chicom K 50
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Chinese Communists
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S K S Soviet made carbine
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Russian Communists
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Ammunition
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Czechoslovakian made
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Czech Communists
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No sir Mr Beckworth
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It doesn't take a lead weight to fall on me or a hit from those weapons
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to recognize that what's involved is Communist domination of the world
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Movie Summary
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
