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[Hummel's Marines have captured Mason and brought him to the General at gunpoint, believing him to be a U.S. Navy SEAL.] Gen. Hummel: I thought I'd been in the service a long time... name and rank, sailor. Mason: It's Army, actually. Maj. Baxter: Answer the question. And address him as "General, sir." Mason: Captain John Patrick Mason, General, sir, of her Majesty's SAS. Retired, of course. Gen. Hummel: You're a long way from home, Captain. How the hell are you involved in this? Mason': Oh, I have a unique knowledge of this facility. I was formerly a guest here. Gen. Hummel: Have they bothered to tell you who I am, why I'm doing this, or are they just using you like they do everybody else? Mason: All I know is, you were big in Vietnam; I saw the highlights on television. Gen. Hummel: You wouldn't have any fucking idea of what it means to lead some of the finest men on God's earth into battle and then see their memory betrayed by their own fucking government! Mason: I don't quite see how you cherish the memory of the dead by killing another million, and, uh, this is not combat. It's an act of lunacy, General, sir. Personally, I think you're a fucking idiot. Gen. Hummel: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson. Mason: "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious," according to Oscar Wilde. [Hummel strikes him in the back of the neck] Thank you for making my point.

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