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Robert Kennedy:
No, no, no! Now, there is more than one option here - and if one isn't occurring to us, it's because we haven't thought hard enough! John McCone, CIA Director:
Bobby, sometimes there is only one right choice, and you thank God when it's so clear. Robert Kennedy:
You're talking about a sneak attack. How will that make us look? A big country blasting a little one into the stone age. Yeah, we'll be everyone's favorites. Dean Acheson:
Come on Bobby, that's naive. This is the real world. You know that better than anybody. John McCone, CIA Director:
And you weren't so ethically particular when we were talking about options for removing Castro over at CIA
No, no, no! Now, there is more than one option here - and if one isn't occurring to us, it's because we haven't thought hard enough! John McCone, CIA Director:
Bobby, sometimes there is only one right choice, and you thank God when it's so clear. Robert Kennedy:
You're talking about a sneak attack. How will that make us look? A big country blasting a little one into the stone age. Yeah, we'll be everyone's favorites. Dean Acheson:
Come on Bobby, that's naive. This is the real world. You know that better than anybody. John McCone, CIA Director:
And you weren't so ethically particular when we were talking about options for removing Castro over at CIA
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No no no
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Now there is more than one option here
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And if one isn't occurring to us it's because we haven't thought hard enough
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Bobby sometimes there is only one right choice
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and you thank God when it's so clear
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You're talking about a sneak attack
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How will that make us look
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A big country blasting a little one into the Stone Age
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Oh we'll be everyone's favorite
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Come on Bobby that's naive
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This is the real world
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You know that better than anybody
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And you weren't so ethically particular when we were talking about options
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for removing Castro over at CIA
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Movie Summary
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.

