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S1 Episode 3 - "Curveball"

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What Is the Plan for a War Withher Rock?

After 9 11 in november, two thousand and one bush pulls rumsfeld aside and says, draw up the plans on a rock. I want to know what the options are. Rumsfelt, in turn, goes to general tommy franks, who is the head of us. Central command. Franks is a tall, intimidating, a texan guy who's known to be a bit of a hothead. He pulls out the existing plans for any kind of war withher rock,. which were left over from the clinton years. And the plan looked a lot like just a gulf war, part two. Tanks, big bombs, lots of troops, a huge military buildup

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