How did you know where the mess hall was if it's not in this book? You mean to say in all your time at Gitmo, you've never had a meal? #WE THE FEW QUOTE MANUAL#Is there no book, no manual or pamphlet, no set of orders or regulations that lets me know that, as a Marine, one of my duties is to perform code reds?Ĭorporal, would you turn to the page in this book that says where the mess hall is, please? Now, I assume we'll find the term code red and its definition in that book. Standard Operating Procedures, Rifle Security Company, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I don't know if it's actually.Īh, we're in luck then. Well, well, you see, sir code red is a term that we use. Just flip to the page of the book that discusses code reds. Would you turn to the chapter that deals with code reds, please? Either way, I don't give a *damn* what you think you are entitled to!Ĭorporal Barnes, I hold here the Marine Outline for Recruit Training. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it! I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, *saves lives*. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Colonel Jessup, did you order the Code Red?
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