Fail-Safe : Why General Black? (SPOILERS)
Re: Why General Black? (SPOILERS)
Gen. Black and the President were old friends. The President needed someone he could trust to carry out the mission, and he was confident that Black would do it. And Gen. Black had been a participant in the high-level discussions about the situation, so there was no need to spend time explaining it to him.
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Fowler's knots? Did you say ... fowler's knots?
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Fowler's knots? Did you say ... fowler's knots?
Re: Why General Black? (SPOILERS)
Exactly. He couldn't afford to have the mission to bomb NYC assigned randomly to an officer who might disobey the order.
Why General Black? (SPOILERS)
I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!
Hewwo.