War Machine Page #2

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...with a centralized command

centralization structure,

and, um... things like that.

Matt Little

was Glen's new civilian PR consultant.

Oh, I don't know. Is this a good hand?

- He was a DC marketing hotshot...

- Straight flush. Hello?

...and sometime lobbyist who had thought

the war in Afghanistan

to be entirely pointless.

Are you f***ing kidding me?

I'm not going there.

Until he was offered

a lot of money to sell it.

How much?

And Willy Dunne.

- Right this way, boss. Yeah.

- Willy was Glen's body man.

Put your things in here.

I'll let you spread them out how you like.

Why is this my room?

This was General Whelan's room.

It's got, uh, a great bathroom here.

Willy laundered Glen's clothes.

He did Glen's ironing.

Yeah. Uh, boss?

He polished Glen's shoes.

He always seemed

like he was about to collapse

from the weight

of one too many of Glen's bags.

- Willy!

- Yes, boss?

- Put my stuff in this room.

- Okay.

Here to fight a goddamn war,

not watch goddamn television.

Willy was the first person

that Glen saw every morning

and the last person he saw every night.

Glen loved these men...

and they loved him right back.

I don't know

how it looks to you, Cory,

but it seems to me, everybody's forgotten

we're fighting a war here.

We got the goddamn Pizza Kings

and Burger Huts.

The entire base

is rolling with Eurosexuals

who are so drunk they can't even stand up.

General McMahon here

to see Ambassador MacKinnon.

- Glen.

- Pat.

Great to see you.

You know Dick Waddle, of course.

- Dick.

- Glen.

Ray Canucci.

- Ray.

- Glen.

Grab a seat, boys.

I'm calling myself Richard now,

Pat, if you don't mind.

Oh?

Okay, fine. Uh...

- That's fair. My apologies.

- Hmm.

- Have you settled in, Glen?

- No, Pat, I haven't.

Seems to me that too much settling in

might somehow be at the heart

of the problem we have here.

Small talk.

Should've gone with the weather.

Glen, the president wants you

to get the lay of the land here.

This war's been running eight years now.

President Obama, as you know,

is drawing down troops in Iraq

to refocus our attention on Afghanistan.

Henry Whelan was a good man,

he meant well,

but he just wasn't getting the job done.

Now, given your reputation

and your formidable drive,

our hope is that you're the man

who will get the job done.

First things first. We want you to make

an assessment of the situation here.

Travel the country, talk to people.

At the end of that assessment,

you'll tell us what needs to be done,

how you're gonna get it done

and what you need in order to get it done.

- So, now-

- To that end...

- I'm sorry.

- Oh, you go.

- I thought you were finished.

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