THE WEST WING EP 11 Lord John Marbury OPENING

Bartlet: 300,000 is an awfully large piece of troop movement for it to be on a whim.

FitzWallace: Yes Sir

Bartlet: This was long planned.

Fitzwallace: Yes Sir

Bartlet: All I’m trying to do right now I’m trying not to make eye contact with the CIA Director.

Hahahaha

It's a good thing the United States military has never, ever missed thousands of troops suddenly invading a neighboring country since this episode first aired.

Why put the cookie back?...snd why take off so fast?

It's a good thing you have the ability to comment previously

Donna can practice with my bag anytime she wants.

Funny, Lord John Marbury was NOWHERE to be seen in that clip.....

"We dropped the ball, sir"....my reply would have been "You think???"

"Pick it up again, would you please?"

I like this Prisedent. He’s funny!

You're gone, the tag line isn't on point.

Halfway through 2 of the Destroyers turned into "CVE"s. I always cringe when they use millitary lingo on this show

In this context, the letters "KH" are an abbreviation for Keyhole, not a complete designation but rather a prefix denoting, in general terms, a member of a particular series of reconnaissance satellites. The people in this scene would not speak of the prefix KH alone but would include the number, which is like a generation indicator, in this case probably KH-11 or KH-12.

As an American that has lived in Great Britain growing up… we are sometimes bloody clueless in our geopolitics. The Brits are our closest ally due to history and shared ancestry, and we need their insight today more than ever…

“He’s been subpoenaed” “Oh, I’m sorry”

Fucking American politics at its finest 😂

The CIA Director literally looks more like Robert Gates than Robert Gates does lol...

🤔🤔

Satellites don't get diverted by the way, you wait for one that's already in orbit to pass over the point you're watching.
They don't have the fuel to be moved around at will.

This episode released before 9/11 when Pakistan was America's favourite lap dog. The world had no idea what Pakistan was doing behind their backs although India had been warning them of it. In today's world, no American TV show will portray India as the aggressor and Pakistan as the victim. The tables have turned.

John Amos was incredibly good on West Wing.

There’s something ridiculous in the year (>1960) about a person using another person’s back as a surface to sign something.

I take that back. It was ridiculous before 1960 too. There are 200 desks in arms’ reach, Josh. Come on….

Would someone relaunch this show in 2024. We need to see it to refute trumps awful actions while potus. Never againwth trump.

Indulge me…..Marbury objected to the missile defense system by saying ‘do you think you can stop it’ meaning nuclear proliferation. I never understood this; a defensive measure to potentially offset a russian attack, but it’s a bad thing? Bartlett and his ‘oh good grief’ moment in the Sit Room; come on, man….nothing this complicated will work without extensive testing.

Having said that, Roger Rees was so damned good.

Signed,

Gerald

Movements through Kashmir

He signs the form on Donna’s back 😅😅

lol 😂