A Proportional Response
FITZWALLACE
Yes, sir. Mr. President we put together a scenario by which we attack Hassan airport, its three main terminals and two runways.
In addition to the civilian causalities, which could register in the thousands, the strike would temporally cripple the region’s ability to receive medical supplies and bottled water.
I think Mr. Cashmen and Secretary Hutchinson would each tell you what I’m sure you already know sir: that this strike would be seen at home and abroad as a staggering overreaction by a first time Commander in Chief.
That without the support of our allies, without a Western Coalition, without Great Britain and Japan and without Congress, you’ll have doled out a five thousand dollar punishment for a fifty buck crime sir.
Mr. President, the proportional response doesn’t empty the options box for the future, the way an all out assault does.
