That's the advantage of being a fighter pilot. In the Gulf War, we knew what we had to do. It's just… not simple anymore. A lot of people died today. [Sigh] How many didn't have to?
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President Thomas Whitmore I saw... his thoughts. I saw what they're planning to do. They're like locusts, they're moving from planet to planet, their whole civilization. After they've consumed every natural resource, they move on. And we're next. [Major Mitchell shoot the alien in the head] Nuke 'em. Let's nuke the bastards.
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