Lions for Lambs (2007)

Meryl Streep: Janine Roth

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Quotes 

• Senator Jasper Irving : Through precise military action, we will take the essential first step.

  Janine Roth : First step? But what have we been doing for the past six years, Senator? World War II took less than five.

• Janine Roth : We took Iraq? How did I miss that?

• Senator Jasper Irving : It is my responsibility, it's part of my job description to protect the American people and that is why we put this new strategy into motion now.

  Janine Roth : So when does it start?

  Senator Jasper Irving : [pauses while looking at his watch]  Ten minutes ago.

• Senator Jasper Irving : What I can say is that this strategy has patience and determination at its core. It ensures that it puts our fighting men in spots where they can face, and fight, and kill the enemy, so that we can then go on about rebuilding that country. And if it takes ten years, that's how long we stay, we do whatever it takes.

  Janine Roth : [quoting the Senator]  Whatever it takes.

  Senator Jasper Irving : Whatever it takes.

• Senator Jasper Irving : "Mission accomplished."

  Janine Roth : Right.

  Senator Jasper Irving : Writ small. Mistake.

  Janine Roth : Mistake?

  Senator Jasper Irving : Because we now know the enemy with broken backs can still crawl.

• [from trailer] 

  Janine Roth : Says the man in the air-conditioned room.

• Janine Roth : Wow, you must be panicked.

  Senator Jasper Irving : Oh no no no no. We're determined.

• Janine Roth : Why did we send 150,000 troops to a country that did not attack us, and one-tenth that number to the one that did?

  Senator Jasper Irving : How many times are you people going to ask the same question?

  Janine Roth : Till we get the answer.