The Siege of Jadotville Page #3

Yahoo!

Wakey-wakey!

Rise and shine, boys! Whoo!

Up and at 'em! Come on!

Get off, Cooley, will ya?

Keep digging.

F***! F***! Jesus! Oh, Christ!

What? What?

It's a f***ing snake!

Snake!

These ones aren't poisonous.

Did you not read the info packs?

With all due respect, boss,

are you sure they're not poisonous?

- Get out.

- Look out!

Out, you f***ers!

St Patrick himself.

Back to it.

Weapons are state of the art.

For World War II, anyway.

These things... plastic.

Useless.

COMS says we have food provisions,

enough for two days.

The men have their own rations, but mostly

biscuits you wouldn't feed to your dog.

Time to hunt and gather.

Let's go.

Yes, sir.

How can I help you?

I'll take as much

as that truck outside can carry.

Yes, sir.

Where's the best bar in town?

At the end of the street.

I don't think you will find

any of the bars here to your liking.

Why is that?

I don't mean to be rude,

but you do know

that you're not welcome here, don't you?

I'll take one of these.

The people around here

are not particularly happy

with how things are working out.

They didn't like Lumumba taking over.

But he was elected by the people.

Who didn't put a lot of thought

into what would happen to the mines

when he took over.

Nationalizing the minerals,

throwing out the mining companies.

What did he expect to happen?

I don't suppose

he expected to be assassinated.

I love this country,

but you don't tell the companies

that have been making money here

for decades

that they're suddenly out of business.

I didn't tell them anything, madame,

but...

sorry that we're not welcome here.

Thank you for your time.

Let's get a drink.

Three beers.

Won't you have a real drink?

What would that be?

French cognac.

Perhaps you'll have one with me?

Why are you here, Commandant?

To protect the locals

from a man who stole power

from the legitimately elected

prime minister.

Why are you here?

To protect the interest of the mines.

Plus Paris is freezing this time of year.

To Paris.

To Paris.

These people you're here to protect...

are you sure they want you?

I have my doubts.

But I also have my orders.

You follow all orders?

I'm a soldier.

That's how it's done.

I looked up the Irish army

to see how many wars they have been in.

You know what I found?

None.

And as for you, Commandant...

you have never been in battle.

I'm not sure about that.

I've been married for ten years.

Do you have a plan?

Just to pray there's no need for us.

Because no plan

survives contact with the enemy.

That's a Rommel saying.

I never liked Rommel.

Not many Frenchmen like German tacticians.

It only took them two weeks

to take over your entire country.

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