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Joan?

Run a search in the NICK.

"Yaarun Nabi:

Y-a-a-r-u-n

N-a-b-i."

"Yaarun Nabi" is a Persian name.

Yeah?

Means "friend of the prophet."

Getting anything?

Four AKAs.

"Yaquin Kashani, Raqim Ali, Yamin Bandari, Yawar Aryanpur."

Run them.

I wonder if they all mean "friend of the prophet."

Guess that would be silly...

or at least remarkably coincidental...

that the aliases would mean

the same thing as the actual name.

I mean, you got to ask, what good

would an alias be, if it...?

Greg?

Get me the Secret Service Joint

Operations Center at the White House.

JOSH: Donna?

Yeah.

I'm going home.

It's only 5:00.

Yeah, I'm heading home.

You can't go yet. You have to talk

to the students. What students?

From Presidential Classroom.

What are you talking about?

They're high school kids from across the country

who are accepted for... I don't know.

They come to Washington for four days.

They get to meet with interesting people

and you're one of them. What did...?

When did this get on my schedule?

It's been there.

No, it hasn't. It just...

There isn't anybody else who can do this?

It's supposed to be you.

I have to work.

You can work in the office.

No, I can't work in the office.

We've crashed five times in three weeks.

When I'm not being evacuated from the building

I'm not being allowed to leave the building

and now, the one...

God, Donna, I want to go home.

Josh, it's been on your schedule.

All right, I'll give them a few minutes

but then I got to go, okay?

Yeah.

When am I supposed to do this?

Now. Where are they?

They're right in the Northwest Lobby.

( sighs)

Good evening. Good to see you.

You're the group from Presidential...

something?

Classroom. Classroom?

I'm their supervisor, Marjorie Mann.

Josh Lyman. Thank you for taking the time.

So, how'd you all get here?

ALL: On the bus.

I meant... They qualify

with essays, recommendations

grades in history and government.

It's very competitive.

Well, all right, uh, I'm Josh Lyman.

I'm the Deputy White House Chief of Staff.

I joined the Bartlet campaign

shortly before the Iowa caucus

and served as the campaign's political director.

Uh, before that

I worked for then Senator John Hoynes for a while.

Josh?

Yeah.

Station One, Code Black. Crash.

All right, listen.

Something's about to happen.

Don't let it frighten you. They need to seal the building.

Stay where you are, please. Everybody, please...

stay where you are.

Mr. Lyman...

are these kids with you?

Yeah, I guess they are.

Something's happened.

Captioning sponsored by WARNER BROS.

Right in here.

Just grab a seat anywhere.

Right in here. This is the mess.

This is where we eat lunch.

We'll just... wait here.

What's going on?

How should I know?

Would you call Leo's office and find out what's going on

and more important, how long it's going to be going on for?

They're probably scared.

You might try lightening up a little bit.

Yeah, I'll definitely

give that a try.

Okay, uh, well, uh, this is called a "crash."

It means there's been some kind of security breach

and no one's allowed in or out of the building.

Would you call Leo's office?

So, I guess we should use this time.

Uh, this is the White House

the home of the President and the Executive Branch

the most powerful of the three branches

of the Federal Government.

Yeah.

Actually, Mr. Lyman, isn't it true

that the framers made sure

that the Executive Branch was the weakest

of the three branches?

Because we were breaking off from the royalist model

that put absolute power in just one place.

I mean, isn't that why they made the Legislative Branch...

Or People's Branch... The most powerful?

What's your name?

I'm Billy Fernandez.

Okay, I'll call you Fred.

A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

I don't know how long we're all going to be here

but you just made my list.

Yes, I suppose, technically

constitutionally, the Legislative Branch

is the most powerful, but we get a motorcade, so back off.

All right, you already know

about the branches of government.

I assume you know how a bill becomes a law.

What do you want to talk about?

Guys, seriously, it's nothing to worry about.

We've been having these crashes once a week.

Let's go. Somebody ask me something.

So... what's the deal

with everybody trying to kill you?

Well... it's not everybody

and they're trying to kill you, too.

But mostly you.

No, both of us the same.

Let's go.

It doesn't have to be about politics.

You're off to college.

I'm the guy who knows what you need to know.

Sophomore year, my roommates and I

got a fish registered for 18 credits

and she made Dean's List.

My roommates and I made a Dean's List

of a different sort, but that doesn't matter.

Do you get scared coming to work at the White House?

No. I mean, we're bystanders, basically

and we work around a lot of people

who routinely put themselves in harm's way...

The Secret Service and the military.

You know, the protection detail?

They practice a thousand different scenarios for a gun:

who tackles the President

who opens the car, who's covering the perimeter

and there's one guy

whose job it is to stand in front of the bullet.

Not get the shooter...

Stand in front of the bullet.

I've seen them do it.

Do you ever think about quitting?

No.

Well, my, uh...

my mother wants me to.

My family members have a habit

of, uh, dying before you're supposed to.

So it's just me and my mom now, and...

You guys know, I guess, that I got accidentally shot

a little bit or something in Rosslyn.

So she'd like to see me in the private sector

but I tell her

my government salary may not be a lot

but I still make more

than the guy whose job it is to stand in front of the bullet

so how do I tell him I'm quitting?

So she made me this box

that I'm supposed to keep in the trunk of my car

and it's got a super-powered flashlight

five gallons of water

and a transistor radio and some first aid.

But she keeps thinking of things to add to it.

She'll call and say, uh, "I found that cap that Dad got

"Joe Pepitone to sign for you on your birthday.

"You wore it to school every day in seventh grade.

Do you want me to send it to you so you can put it in the box?"

So... so I'll say

"Yeah, Ma, let's... let's put it in the box."

So, anyway, I don't know

against who

and I don't know what it's going to look like

but one of these days, we're going to have a big win

and for a lot of us who've seen what we've seen

we're not leaving till we do.

I'm going to be here six presidents from now

in my office, Wile E. Coyote and a map.

So why is everybody trying

to kill us?

It's not everybody.

It seems like everybody.

It's just the Arabs.

Saying the Arabs is too general.

It's Islamic.

It's not Arabs, it's not Islamics.

They're juniors and seniors?

Yes.

You're juniors and seniors.

In honor of the SATs you're about to take

answer the following question.

Thanks.

Islamic extremist

is to Islamic

as "blank" is to Christianity.

"Islamic...

"extremist...

"is to...

"Islamic...

"as... 'blank' is...

to... Christianity."

Christian fundamentalists.

No.

Uh, Jehovah's Witnesses?

No, guys, the Christian Right may not be your cup of tea

but they're not blowing stuff up.

Islamic extremist is to Islamic

as "blank" is to Christianity.

That's what we're talking about.

It's the Klan

gone medieval and global.

It couldn't have less to do

with Islamic men and women of faith

of whom there are millions upon millions.

Muslims defend this country in the Army

Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps

National Guard, police and fire departments.

So, let's ask the question again.

Why are Islamic extremists trying to kill us?

That's a reasonable question if ever I heard one.

Why are we targets of war?

Because we're Americans.

That's it?

It's our freedom?

No other reasons?

Freedom and democracy.

I'll tell you, right or wrong... And I think they're wrong...

It's probably a good idea to acknowledge

that they do have specific complaints.

I hear them every day...

The people we support, troops in Saudi Arabia

sanctions against Iraq, support for Egypt.

It's not just that they don't like Irving Berlin.

Yes, it is.

No, it's not.

No, not about Irving Berlin

but your ridiculous search for rational reasons

why somebody straps a bomb to their chest is ridiculous.

You just called me ridiculous twice in one sentence.

Hardly a record for me.

And you just made my list.

Nothing happens on the list.

It's a serious list.

But she does have a point, albeit, college girlish.

Watch now as he's going to put me down

and make my point at the exact same time.

JOSH: Hardly a record for me.

What's Islamic extremism?

It's strict adherence

to a particular interpretation of 7th Century Islamic law

as practiced by the prophet Muhammad

and when I say "strict adherence"

I'm not kidding around.

Men are forced to pray

grow their beards a certain length.

Among my favorites

is there's only one acceptable cheer

at a soccer match:

Allah-u-Akbar... God is great.

If your guys are getting creamed

then you're on your own.

Things are a lot less comic for women

who aren't allowed to attend school or have jobs.

They're not allowed to be unaccompanied

and oftentimes get publicly stoned to death

for crimes like not wearing a veil.

I don't have to tell you

they don't need to shout at a soccer match.

They're never going to go to one.

So what bothers them about us?

Well, the variety of cheers alone

coming from the cheap seats in Giants Stadium

when they're playing the Cowboys is enough for a jihad

to say nothing of street corners

lined church next to synagogue next to mosque

newspapers that can print anything they want

and women who can do anything they want

including taking a rocket ship to outer space

vote and... and play soccer.

This is a plural society.

That means we accept more than one idea.

It offends them.

So, yes, she does have a point

but it certainly doesn't mean

you should listen to her.

GIRL: So, what do we do now?

What?

What do we do now?

Well, I think for help with that question

we're going to need some people smarter than I am.

Definitely. Thing is...

that's pretty tough to find

but I'm going to go upstairs

and see if I can get some of my friends

to come down and join us.

Listen, I-I don't know what's going on

and I don't know how long we're going to be here.

Are you guys hungry? GIRL: Yeah:

Freddy, why don't you grab a couple of people

go to the back of the kitchen

and get apples and peanut butter?

Guys, I've gotten entire pieces of legislation

through Congress on apples and peanut butter.

I'll be back in a little bit.

( door knob rattling)

Secret Service! Don't move!

Show us your hands. Do it now.

Are you Raqim Ali?

Yes. The-There's...

Stay calm. I'm Special Agent Ron Butterfield

of the United States Secret Service.

Keep your hands over your head

and step away from the window.

We're going to ask you some questions.

Five hours ago

Khuram Sharif was taken into custody

while crossing from Ontario into Vermont.

There was a warrant for his arrest

in connection with an attempted bombing at La Guardia.

Turning state's evidence over to the U.S. Attorney

he named several coconspirators

one of whom was Yaarun Nabi.

A preliminary check in the NCIC kicked out five aliases

one of which was Raqim Ali.

There are three Raqim Alis.

One's a software designer in Spokane.

Another is a caterer in Los Angeles.

Who's the third?

He works in the White House.

It was only a matter of time, huh?

Yeah.

Have you ever heard of Khuram Sharif?

Yes. He was arrested in connection

with an attempted bombing of, uh...

one of the New York airports.

I think he may have also been arrested once

in Paterson, New Jersey.

Paterson mean something to you?

I was born there.

Where did you go to school?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

I have a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics.

You know who I am?

Of course I know who you are.

TOBY: Kill 'em all, yeah.

All the Islamic extremists?

TOBY: No, no, I mean everyone.

You're all bothering me; I want to be left alone.

Clearly the only way that's going to happen is to be alone

so I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to let you all go.

Except the Yankees and the Knicks

and the Yankees and the Knicks

are going to need someone to play

so keep the Red Sox and the Lakers...

and the Laker Girls...

and the Palm

and we'll need to keep the people who work at the Palm.

That's it, though.

The Yankees, the Red Sox, the Knicks, the Lakers

the Laker Girls and anyone who works at the Palm.

Sports, Laker Girls and a well-prepared steak...

That's all I need.

Sometimes I like to mix it up

with Italian... and Chinese.

All right, you can all stay, but don't bug me.

You're on probation.

Don't forget... I was this close to banishing you.

This is Toby Ziegler, and actually, he's in charge

of crafting our message to the public.

And today that message is?

Don't bug me?

That's right.

Nice beard.

My choice, sister

and by the way, there's nothing wrong

with a religion whose laws say a man's got to wear a beard

or cover his head or wear a collar.

It's when violation of these laws

become a crime against the State and not your parents

that we're talking about lack of choice.

"Islamic extremist is to Islamic

as KKK is to Christianity."

That's... that's about right.

That's a good religious analogy.

What's a political analogy?

What's an analogy using governments?

They don't have a government.

They have the Taliban.

They have the government of Afghanistan.

The Taliban isn't

the recognized government of Afghanistan.

The Taliban took over

the recognized government of Afghanistan

and there's your political analogy.

What do you mean?

When you think of Afghanistan

think of Poland.

When you think of the Taliban, think of the Nazis.

When you think of the citizens of Afghanistan

think of Jews in concentration camps.

A friend of my dad's was at one of the camps.

He used to come over to the house

and he and my dad used to shoot some pinochle.

He said he once saw a guy at the camp

kneeling and praying.

He said, "What are you doing?"

The guy said he was thanking God.

And my dad's friend said

"What... could you possibly be thanking God for?"

He said, "I'm thanking God for not making me like them."

Bad people can't be recognized on sight.

There's no point in trying.

JOSH: Actually

we already covered that.

It's worth covering twice, don't you agree?

I do.

Yeah?

Pinochle's a card game?

Yeah, I've changed my mind again.

Kill 'em all.

Laker Girls?

TOBY: No.

All right.

What was the first act of terrorism?

What was the first act of terrorism?

I could answer, but I think he's asking you, man.

I-I know it's not new.

I know in the 11th Century...

I'm going to have trouble pronouncing this...

In the 11th Century...

secret followers of al-Hasan ibn-al-Sabbah...

who were taught to believe in nothing and dare all

carried out these very swift and very treacherous murders

of fellow Muslims

and they did it in a state of religious ecstasy.

As a matter of fact

young men between 12 and 20 were given hashish

and smuggled into... I really don't know what to call it...

They were smuggled into a kind of

specially designed pleasure garden

complete with concubines.

They were told this was paradise

and that the Master's angels would carry them back

if they carried out murders of the Master's enemies.

Ah, temptation.

I have named thee and thy name is woman.

JOSH: This is Sam Seaborn

Deputy Communications Director.

Now, don't be frightened

when I tell you now, that in this room

Sam is the knowledgeable terrorism expert.

The good news is that in this government

we have some extremely

knowledgeable terrorism experts.

I heard I was needed, I came.

We were talking about al... Am I pronouncing this right?

Al-Hasan ibn-al-Sabbah.

Yeah, from the 11th Century.

By the way, the Arabic name for their secret order

has survived until today.

Can anybody guess what it was?

The Arabic Name?

You know.

Assassins.

Assassins, that's right.

Yeah, we don't call on him.

( all laughing)

What's going on? There's supposed to be a meeting at Treasury.

I had a 6:00 o'clock on the Hill.

Now I'm stuck here, you know

talking with well-dressed children who can't vote.

GIRL: You know a lot about terrorism?

I dabble.

What are you

struck by most?

Its 100% failure rate.

Really? Not only do terrorists always fail

at what they're after, they pretty much always succeed

in strengthening whatever it is they're against.

What about the IRA?

The Brits are still there.

Protestants are still there.

Basque extremists have been staging

terrorist attacks in Spain for decades with no result.

Left wing Red Brigades from the '60s and '70s

from the Bader-Meinhoff Gang in Germany

to the Weathermen in the U.S.

have tried to overthrow capitalism.

You tell me... How's capitalism doing?

What about nonviolent protest?

What about it?

Well, it worked for Gandhi.

Yeah, it did.

Who else did it work for?

The Civil Rights movement.

That's right.

Yeah, but weren't we terrorists at the Boston Tea Party?

Nobody got hurt at the Boston Tea Party.

The only people who got hurt were some fancy boys

who didn't have anything to wash down their crumpets with.

We jumped out from behind bushes

while the British came down

the road in their bright red jackets

but never has a war been so courteously declared.

It was on parchment with calligraphy and...

"Your Highness, we beseech you on this day in Philadelphia

to bite me, if you please."

Can I go back to what you were saying at the beginning?

Yeah.

About it being 100% ineffective?

Yeah.

They're still doing it anyway.

Yeah.

They're not frustrated by the failure.

No.

Well, what do you call a society that has to just live every day

with the idea that the pizza place you're eating in

can just blow up without any warning?

Israel.

Can you tell us about the wire in your backpack?

It's for my computer.

My apartment is in an older building.

I needed the older telephone wires

so I could upgrade the M-Waves on my motherboard.

You're an expert in circuitry and wiring?

My father works for the phone company.

I want to talk about the applied mathematics degree.

Yeah?

What are you doing working

for a White House staff secretary?

I... What do you mean?

We don't do a lot of math around here.

Well, my interests shifted.

I became interested in policy.

You're aware that the intelligence agencies

routinely recruit top mathematicians...

Oftentimes out of MIT... and train them to be cryptographers.

Sure.

And those cryptographers are the ones

who, on a daily basis

code and decode messages sent between the White House

the State Department and the Pentagon.

Yes.

Last year your father made a contribution

to something called the Holy Land Defenders.

Were you aware of the contribution?

Mr. McGarry, I understand the need for these questions

and I hope you notice

I've been cooperating, but if you drag my father

into this pitiful exercise

I'm afraid I'm going to get angry.

I don't think you understand

the seriousness of what's happening right now.

I don't think you do.

No, no. No, no, no. You've walked into quicksand.

TOBY: You don't ask C.J. about the CIA.

SAM: You just don't do it.

C.J. has a bizarre affection for the intelligence community

that we just don't... Bizarre? How about right?

Okay.

This song is called

"The CIA: Our Maligned Little Brother."

Oh, God.

We need spies.

Human spies.

Spy satellites are great if you're trying to detect

whether or not Khruschev's put missiles in Cuba

but you want to overhear a conversation

over Turkish coffee in Khyber Pass, you need a spy.

You guys want to get great jobs after college

and serve your country?

Study Arabic, Chinese and Farsi.

Maybe this'd be a good time for a chorus

of "Our Maligned Little Brother, Civil Liberties."

Liberties, Shmiberties. C.J. Cregg, ladies and gentlemen.

You know of a way to do this without tapping some phones?

What about illegal searches? What about profiling?

You know what Benjamin Franklin said?

He said, "Hey, look, I've invented the stove."

He said, "They that they can give up essential liberty

"to obtain a little temporary safety

"deserve neither liberty

nor safety."

What's your name?

Well...

I'm on it.

Well, I don't think we're talking about

a little temporary safety, and it's not like we need

to search high and low for clear and present danger.

Well, what would you say the point to fighting terrorism is?

It's to insure freedom, Pokey. I don't need the brochure.

I think you do, 'cause during times of great crisis and threat

America has used draconian measures before

and I think maybe you've forgotten

just how effective they've been.

Can you name some?

The blacklist.

I want her to name them.

The blacklist. Thank you.

Look, I take civil liberties as seriously as anybody, okay...

I've been to the dinners...

And we haven't even talked about free speech yet

and somebody getting lynched by the patriotism police

for voicing a minority opinion.

That said, Tobus, we're going to have to do some stuff.

We're going to have to tap some phones

and partner with some people who are the lesser of evils.

I'm sorry, but terrorists don't have armies and navies.

They don't have capitals. Some of these guys

we're going to have to walk up to them and shoot them.

Yeah, we can root terrorist nests

but some of these guys aren't going to be taken by 105th Armored Tank Division.

Some of these guys are going to be taken by a busboy with a silencer.

So it's time to give the intelligence agencies

the money and the manpower they need.

We don't hear about their successes.

Guess what? The Soviets never crossed the Elbe

the North Koreans stayed behind the 38th parallel.

During the millennium?

Not one incident.

You think that's because the terrorists decided

that'd be a good day to take off; not much action that day?

End of song.

CLEARY: You were arrested two years ago.

Yes, and the charges were dropped.

You were arrested for holding a rally without a permit.

I had a permit; it hadn't processed

and the charges were dropped.

What were you protesting?

The presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia.

What, exactly, is your concern

with our troops in Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia is the home to two of our holiest mosques.

Mecca is there.

How'd you like it if I camped out in front of the Vatican

with a stockpile of M-16s?

I'd like it fine if you were there

to protect the Vatican. Mister...

We sent troops down there

to make sure our friends didn't cross the Kuwaiti border

and seize Saudi territory.

You mean Saudi oil.

Yes. We have oil interests in the Gulf.

So does the rest of the world.

You sent an army composed of women as well as men

to protect a Muslim dynasty

where women aren't even allowed to drive a car.

Maybe we can teach them.

Anyway... that's what I was protesting.

You went to Edison High School in Paterson, correct?

Correct.

On December 3, 1994, someone called in

a bomb threat to the school.

Yeah. Yeah, I remember that there were bomb threats.

I remember that there were more than one

but I don't remember the exact dates.

According to your transcripts, police questioned you.

Yeah. It's on my school transcript because I wasn't arrested.

So, what'd they ask you?

They asked me if I called in a bomb threat, which I didn't.

Did you know who did?

It was a couple of football players

that didn't want to take a chem final.

So, it was a couple of football players

but they called you in anyway.

It's not uncommon for Arab-Americans

to be the first suspected when that sort of thing happens.

I can't imagine why.

Look...

No, I'm trying to figure out

why anytime there's terrorist activity

people always assume it's Arabs.

I'm racking my brain.

I don't know the answer to that, Mr. McGarry

but I can tell you that it's horrible.

Well, that's the price you pay.

Excuse me?

The price I pay for what?

Continue the questions.

C.J.: There's nothing more American than coalition building.

The first thing John Wayne always did

was put together a posse.

That's a hell of an example, C.J.

Shouldn't you be thinking

of ways to find aid

and comfort for our boys in intelligence?

You know, they may need some comforting right now.

When this crash is over

you best get in some fishnets and head to a bar.

I will.

Yeah.

Where do terrorists come from?

Where do they come from?

SAM: Everywhere.

Mostly they come from exactly where you'd expect...

Places of abject poverty and despair.

Horribly impoverished places

are an incubator for the worst kind of crime.

Which is the same as it is right here.

Same as it is here.

I live in Southeast DC.

If you don't know the area, think Compton

or South Central L.A.

Detroit, the South Bronx.

Dilapidated schools, drugs, guns and what else?

Gangs?

Gangs.

Gangs give you a sense of belonging

and usually an income

but mostly, they give you a sense of dignity.

Men are men, and men will seek pride.

Everybody here has got a badge to wear.

"I'm the Deputy

Communications Director."

"I made Presidential Classroom."

"I know the answer. I'm going to Cornell."

You think bangers are walking around

with their heads down, saying

"Oh, man, I didn't make anything out of my life.

I'm in a gang."

No, man.

They're walking around saying

"Man, I'm in a gang."

I'm with them."

STAFF: Good evening, Mr. President.

PRESIDENT: Hello.

Everyone, stand up.

What the hell's going on?

Sir, this is a group of high school students

from Presidential Classroom.

Oh. Please.

You women seem bright

and lovely.

The men, disturbingly dense.

ABBEY: Ignore him.

God knows the rest of us do.

Weren't you coming down

to get me some apples and peanut butter?

We're out of apples, sir.

So, we're stuck here, huh?

Yes, sir.

Well, I live here.

Yes, sir.

( laughter)

I'm going back to my office.

Nice meeting you all.

I'm going to stay here a few minutes.

Sir?

Yeah.

Do you consider yourself a man of principle?

I try to be.

Well, don't you

consider... I mean, I know they're our enemy...

But don't you consider

there's something noble about being a martyr?

A martyr would rather suffer death

at the hands of an oppressor

than renounce his beliefs.

Killing yourself and innocent people

to make a point is sick, twisted, brutal dumb-ass murder.

And let me leave you with this thought

before I go searching

for the apples that were rightfully mine.

We don't need martyrs right now.

We need heroes.

A hero would die for his country

but he'd much rather live for it.

It was good meeting you all.

C.J.: Thank you, Mr. President.

JOSH: Thank you, sir.

Why were you in Uzbekistan?

It was my Russia trip.

I went there with some friends after graduation.

Can you tell me about the Islamic League of Allston?

It used to be my mosque.

We found him.

Where?

Germany.

I'm fine.

Mr. Ali, you're free to go.

Thank you.

Thank you.

( sighs)

You know what, Mr. McGarry?

You have the memory of a gypsy moth.

When you and the President and the President's daughter

and about a hundred other people...

Including me, by the way... were met

with a hail of .44 caliber gunfire in Rosslyn...

not only were the shooters white

they were doing it 'cause one of us wasn't.

GIRL: How did all this start?

How did what all start?

Well... this.

Sarah.

God said to Abraham

"Look toward the heaven and number the stars

and so shall your descendants be."

But Abraham's wife, Sarah

wasn't getting any younger

and God wasn't coming through on his promise.

I was very young when I had my kids.

I was very, very, very

very young.

I was barely even born yet

when I had my oldest daughter, Elizabeth.

Anyway...

Sarah was getting older, and she was getting nervous

because she didn't have any children.

So she sent Abraham to the bed of her maid, Hagar

and Abraham and Hagar had Ishmael

and not long after they did

God kept his promise to Sarah as he'd always intended to

and Abraham and Sarah had Isaac.

And Sarah said to Abraham

"Cast out this slave woman with her son

"for the son of this slave woman

will not be heir with my son Isaac."

And so it began.

The Jews, the sons of Isaac.

The Arabs, the sons of Ishmael.

But what most people find important to remember

is that in the end

the two sons came together to bury their father.

I think most people also find it important to remember

that the whole thing took place about 73 million years ago.

Yeah.

Excuse me, ma'am.

We're clear.

Well, that's that then.

It was good talking with you guys.

Hang in there.

Well, all right.

That's it then.

Can I ask one more question?

Yeah.

Do you favor the death penalty?

No. But you think

we should kill these people?

You don't have the choices in a war

that you do in a jury room

but, I-I wish...

I wish we didn't have to.

I think death is too simple.

What would you do instead?

I'd put them in a small cell, and make them watch home movies

of the birthdays and baptisms and weddings

of every single person they killed

over and over, every day for the rest of their lives.

( clears throat)

And then they'd get punched in the mouth

every night at bedtime

by a different person every night.

There would be a long list of volunteers

but that's all right.

We'll wait.

But listen, don't worry about all this right now.

We got you covered.

Worry about

school.

Worry about what you're going to tell your parents

when you break curfew.

You're going to meet guys.

You're going to meet girls.

Not so much you, friend.

Learn things, be good to each other.

Read the newspapers, go to the movies

go to a party, read a book.

In the meantime, remember pluralism.

You want to get these people?

I mean, you really want to reach in

and kill them where they live?

Keep accepting more than one idea.

It makes them absolutely crazy.

Go.

See you later. Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thanks a lot. It was fun.

Don't steal anything on the way out.

Thank you.

Okay, bye-bye.

Billy.

Listen...

Nothing, just...

just keep doing what you're doing.

Okay.

Okay.

See you.

Bye.

Good evening.

That's the price you pay...

for having the same physical features as criminals.

That's what I was going to say.

No kidding.

I'm sorry about that.

Also about the crack I made

about teaching Muslim women how to drive.

I think if you talk to people who know me

they'd tell you that...

that was unlike me, you know?

We're obviously all under, um...

a greater than usual amount of...

you know.

And like you pointed out

with the shooting and everything...

Yeah.

All right.

Well, that's all.

Hey, kid...

Way to be back at your desk.

♪ There's something happening here ♪

♪ What is ain't exactly clear ♪

♪ There's a man with a gun over there ♪

♪ Telling me I got to beware ♪

♪ I think it's time we stop, children ♪

♪ What's that sound? ♪

♪ Everybody look what's going down ♪

♪ There's battle lines being drawn ♪

♪ And nobody's right ♪

♪ If everybody's wrong ♪

♪ Young people speaking their minds ♪

♪ Getting so much resistance ♪

♪ From behind ♪

♪ It's time we stop ♪

♪ Hey, what's that sound? ♪

♪ Everybody look what's going down... ♪

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