“Okay. Well, I'm covering the girls' school in Kandahar that was...” – Kim Baker, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot ... Movie Quotes Database

Kim Baker

Okay. Well, I'm covering the girls' school in Kandahar that was firebombed and I'm wondering if you could give me something, on background, just about the security situation here and the state of the war in general.

General Hollanek

Yeah, I can give you something: This war is like **** a gorilla. You keep going till the gorilla wants to stop.

Kim Baker

I think I can paraphrase that.

General Hollanek

Knock yourself out.

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