Black Hawk Down2001

[CWO Durant has been taken prisoner.]

Somali Militiaman:
You are the Ranger who kills my people?

CWO Durant:
I'm not a Ranger. I'm a pilot. [Durant declines a cigarette]

Militiaman:
That's right. None of you Americans smoke anymore. You live long, dull, uninteresting lives.

Durant:
What do you want with me?

Militiaman:
You have taken hostages. We... have you.

Durant:
My government will never negotiate for me.

Militiaman:
Then perhaps you and I can negotiate, huh? Soldier to soldier.

Durant:
I'm not in charge.

Militiaman:
Course not. You have the power to kill, but not negotiate. In Somalia, killing is negotiation. Do you really think if you get General Aidid, we will simply put down our weapons and adopt American democracy? That the killing will stop? We know this: without victory, there can be no peace. There will always be killing, you see? This is how things are, in our world.