[ his tone, now, is getting a little more clipped. ]
What do you want me to tell you? What do you need to hear? That going down there was a mistake? Or do you want someone to take the blame for the people who were killed as a result of the plan?
[ there's a cough -- a wet sound, but he continues. ]
It was a mistake. And if you want someone to blame for the fallout, and for mobilizing, and forcing people to consider the concept of working as a team, then by all means, blame me for it. But don't take out your anger on a group of people who tried to do the right thing. It isn't their fault that we were too slow.
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[ his tone, now, is getting a little more clipped. ]
What do you want me to tell you? What do you need to hear? That going down there was a mistake? Or do you want someone to take the blame for the people who were killed as a result of the plan?
[ there's a cough -- a wet sound, but he continues. ]
It was a mistake. And if you want someone to blame for the fallout, and for mobilizing, and forcing people to consider the concept of working as a team, then by all means, blame me for it. But don't take out your anger on a group of people who tried to do the right thing. It isn't their fault that we were too slow.