ImPorts would be targets no matter where the hell they were, kid. They can be targets at a beach or right where you're sittin' right now. You think being at war means people should be expecting bombings at each and every affair henceforth? That don't make no sense, and it ain't like we're advertising in Mother Russia. Ain't like we can foresee what kind of lunatic technology they're gonna slap together and dump in the water, neither. We take measures accordin' to what we got the resources for and what we've handled in the past. You think we should be able to see the future, then I don't know what to tell you.
This is a cold war, besides. But this sorta direct involvement defies that point.
So, hot shot, if you're gonna tear my ear off about it, you got a suggestion for a location that ain't risky? I'm all ears.
[Kotetsu really isn't sure why Holiday keeps dodging the question of "why was an open-air beach chosen", but at this point he's guessing it's either that they didn't think of the possibility that something could happen, or that they thought of it and dismissed it--neither of which makes any sense to him. He's frustrated, but his temper does hold.]
They do when you've got a streak going like this. Whether or not we'd be in danger just by being here isn't the point, because the only attacks have been at the big, government-sponsored events. And sure you haven't gone and advertised in Russia, but the internet exists--news gets around. Plus, the last attack was a week ago.
Anyway, as for locations, what about your military bases, like the one in Cape Canaveral? Security's gotta be tight in those places, and they'd have experience keeping 'em safe.
There's a reason we don't hold any affairs at the bases, Cape Canaveral's especially. So no, that ain't no good. That's the problem. Ain't no place safe enough; the events we're holding should barely be blips on any foreign radar. They aren't big by any normal military standards.
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This is a cold war, besides. But this sorta direct involvement defies that point.
So, hot shot, if you're gonna tear my ear off about it, you got a suggestion for a location that ain't risky? I'm all ears.
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They do when you've got a streak going like this. Whether or not we'd be in danger just by being here isn't the point, because the only attacks have been at the big, government-sponsored events. And sure you haven't gone and advertised in Russia, but the internet exists--news gets around. Plus, the last attack was a week ago.
Anyway, as for locations, what about your military bases, like the one in Cape Canaveral? Security's gotta be tight in those places, and they'd have experience keeping 'em safe.
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[ He pauses, then exhales sharply. ]
Hell, I shouldn't be talking about this.