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Title: 04 I am as you know exceedingly stupid View count: 2842 Rating: 5.0 (9 ratings) Description: Roger Rees as Lord John Marbury in The West Wing episode 112 "He shall, from time to time." CUT TO: INT. THE PRESIDENT'S BEDROOM - DAY Bartlet and Leo are settled on the couch. Lord Marbury is across them. MARBURY You know, there are some marvelous flu remedies known in the certain remote parts of the subcontinent. Licorice root, for instance, combined with bamboo sap and a strong shot of whiskey. Ginger root, also, mixed with, uh, citrus peel. BARTLET And a strong shot of whiskey? MARBURY Yes, of course. In fact, you can throw out the ginger root and citrus peel, and still be well in your way. BARTLET What have you got for me, John? MARBURY Well, um, after speaking at length this past week with your secretaries of state and defense, as well as your joint chiefs and various embassy officials, I believe this. Buy them off. BARTLET Buy them? MARBURY Yes, sir. BARTLET How? MARBURY Mr. President, for several centuries, my kingdom has ruled India with a stick and carrot. When we had a particular problem with someone, one solution we would try is to make him a maharaja. Thats kind of a regional king. We would pay him off with an annual tribute, and in return, he would be loyal to the crown. LEO Lord Marbury, under our Constitution, our President is not empowered to create maharajas. MARBURY Yes. Thank you for clearing that up, Leo. Having been educated at Cambridge and the Sorbonne, I am, as you know, exceedingly stupid. BARTLET John, please. MARBURY Youve been paying the world off since the industrial age. Foreign aid, during the Cold War was you paying dictators to be on your side. To this very day, you pay Korea not to develop nuclear weapons. BARTLET What does India want? MARBURY A computer industry, and for that, they require an infrastructure, and that is what you can give them. LEO Why? MARBURY Its the price you pay. LEO For avoiding a war halfway around the world? MARBURY For being rich, free and alive all at the same time, and for the criminally negligent behavior of your Congress in not checking the proliferation of nuclear devices. BARTLET Your friend, the prime minister? MARBURY Rikki. BARTLET Hes gonna go for this? MARBURY If its handled properly. BARTLET All right, you tell the ambassador well discuss this in three months. In three months, John. I dont want this to be like quid pro quo. MARBURY Yes, sir. BARTLET Thats the carrot. Leo, whats the stick? LEO In the next 24 hours, we want to see recon photos of Indian divisions retreating. If we dont, were gonna seize Indian assets and so will our NATO allies, and G-7s gonna call in its loans. BARTLET They put command-control in the field, John, and were gonna get physical. You make damn sure they know that. MARBURY Well, then, uh, I have my instructions. The three of them stand. BARTLET Talk to the ambassador. I want Fitzwallace to have photos in 24 hours. MARBURY Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. [leaves] Tags: roger rees, lord marbury, lord john marbury, the west wing, Author: emmatude |
