The Sum of All Fears

00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,256 In fact, even if it's a boy, he'll be named Virginia. 477 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,680 I don't know. We could get a room here. 478 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:37,600 I already did. 479 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,120 She reminds me that I have publicly acknowledged... 480 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:41,680 - No, you didn't. - Yes, I did. 481 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:43,680 that as a young Marine Officer in Vietnam, 482 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,360 I did, on a handful of occasions, smoke marijuana. 483 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,680 California, 54 electoral votes. 484 00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:21,160 Ryan. 485 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,320 <i>At approximately 06.00, Moscow time, the Russians launched</i> 486 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,760 a massive artillery strike against Grozny, 487 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,400 the capital of Chechnya. 488 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,280 The shells contained an experimental chemical weapon 489 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,920 known as the Novichok binary nerve agent. 490 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,056 Saturation, you can see it on those infrared sat photos, 491 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:44,400 took 20 minutes. 492 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,096 After which, every man, woman, and child 493 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:49,280 inside a radius of roughly 12 miles was rendered helpless 494 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,960 by symptoms approximating acute, late-stage cerebral palsy. 495 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:54,160 Oh, my god. 496 00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:55,760 How many dead? 497 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,680 Best guess, 80 per cent. 498 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,920 Which means, Nemerov just launched 499 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,720 the most massive attack in the history of chemical warfare. 500 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,080 Let's talk response. 501 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,640 - Worst thing we could do is nothing. - I agree. 502 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:11,360 If we let him get away with chemical weapons, what's next? 503 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:12,960 Biological? Nuclear? 504 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:14,240 Okay. 505 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,320 Short of gassing the Kremlin, 506 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,040 what's the strongest response we can make? 507 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,440 - We send in peacekeepers. - Chechnya's not sovereign. 508 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,320 Look, they requested recognition, so we recognise them. 509 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,880 Not full diplomatic recognition, provisional. 510 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,800 Then we get the Chechens to request emergency international assistance. 511 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,480 - And we send in peacekeepers. - How do you get them in there? 512 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,000 The fastest way would be to fly them in from Turkey. 513 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:35,840 Over Armenian airspace? 514 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,760 To screw Russia? They won't complain. 515 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:41,600 Let's do it. 516 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,560 Nemerov can choke on it. 517 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:45,600 Bill. 518 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:47,400 Dr Ryan. 519 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,760 - Yes, sir? - What do you think? 520 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,400 Mr President, conventional wisdom would suggest that Nemerov 521 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,840 is playing the traditional Russian role, 522 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,560 be aggressive, flex your muscles, dare the world to stop you. 523 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:07,640 But Nemerov isn't conventional. 524 00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:09,616 He walks like a hardliner. He talks like a hardliner. 525 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,880 Yes, but with all due respect, I don't think he is one. 526 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,440 He just gassed the capital of another country, Doctor. 527 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:16,320 With all due respect, you're wrong. 528 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:17,960 So what are we wasting our time for? 529 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,000 What if he didn't order the attack? 530 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:23,200 - What exactly are we gonna do now? - We can't play with... 531 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,320 What if Nemerov didn't order the attack? 532 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:33,200 What if it was a rogue general or a splinter military unit 533 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,960 frustrated they couldn't get the rest of the rebels out of the city? 534 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,936 Have you any reason to believe he didn't order it 535 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:39,880 or are you just floating this? 536 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,320 You don't know. 537 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:49,880 I don't think he did it, sir. 538 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,000 I would bet he didn't do it. 539 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:58,520 If I could ask senior staff to remain behind for a few minutes, please. 540 00:39:14,680...