The Pentagon Wars1998

Major General Partridge:
[reading] "The characterization noted in your draft, at best represents a serious misunderstanding of my concerns, especially in connection with a vehicle as flawed as the Bradley. As noted in my original report..."

[laughs bitterly]

Major General Partridge:
Jesus Christ! Who did this f***ing thing go to?

Col. J.D. Bock:
The distribution page listed 198 names.

Major General Partridge:
COURT-MARTIAL THE SON OF A B*TCH! LOCK HIM UP NOW!

Col. J.D. Bock:
Uh, we can't.

Major General Partridge:
WE SURE AS HELL CAN!

Major Sayers:
Burton's playing by the rules. His report was classified. He submitted it to you, you revised it, and sent it back to him. He wrote a memo on your revision which, in accordance with regulations, can be given to anyone involved with the Bradley, sir. In this case, 198 people!

Major General Partridge:
[after a shocked pause] I will f***ing kill him... I will filet him... I will draw and quarter him, I'll stick his head in a vice...!

Col. J.D. Bock:
We can't touch him, sir. It's by the book.

Major General Partridge:
Then you go back and find something in the goddamn book that will help me fry the little son of a b*tch!

[Partridge's aide enters]

Major General Partridge:
What?

Partridge's Aide:
Sir, the Washington Post is on the phone.

Col. J.D. Bock:
Wow, that was fast. Leaks usually don't get to them 'til after lunch.