[talking about nuclear fallout shelters] Well, you have the weapons; you must have the shelters.
I sometimes wonder why we need the weapons.
Minister! You're not a unilateralist?
I sometimes wonder, you know.
Well, then, you must resign from the government!
Ah, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm not that unilateralist! Anyway, the Americans will always protect us from the Russians, won't they?
Russians? Who's talking about the Russians?
Well, the independent deterrent.
It's to protect us against the French!
The French?! But that's astounding!
Why?
Well they're our allies, our partners.
Well, they are now, but they've been our enemies for the most of the past 900 years. If they've got the bomb, we must have the bomb!
If it's for the French, of course, that's different. Makes a lot of sense.
Yes. Can't trust the Frogs.
You can say that again!
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