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elleng

(130,865 posts) Fri Feb 26, 2021, 10:20 PM Feb 2021

'What is the virtue of a proportional response?'

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'What is the virtue of a proportional response?' (Original Post) elleng Feb 2021 OP

It's an incredible scene, Music Man Feb 2021 #1

Right, Thanks, elleng Feb 2021 #2

Aaron Sorkin's approach to "proportional response" was different in "The American President." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2021 #3

Music Man

(1,184 posts)

1. It's an incredible scene,

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 11:15 PM

Feb 2021

But it's worth pointing out that Bartlet came to reconsider his position in this episode. The generals convinced him that such a "disproportional response" would be viewed as an emotional overreaction by a new commander in chief.

elleng

(130,865 posts)

2. Right, Thanks,

Reply to Music Man (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 11:17 PM

Feb 2021

'life' intervened, as it often does!

LastLiberal in PalmSprings

(12,583 posts)

3. Aaron Sorkin's approach to "proportional response" was different in "The American President."