Admiral Piquet Quotes in Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

Admiral Reigart: Our man is down behind enemy lines, now what the fuck is the problem?

Admiral Piquet: [Yelling] Do you have any idea how much damage this incident may cause to the peace process?

Admiral Reigart: All I know, Admiral, is that the American people want their pilot back.

Admiral Piquet: Exactly! Americans, all you care about is your own damn pilots! What happens when the fighting starts again? Will America recommit its forces to stop a major war? No, you don't have any control over that little detail, do you? You might have helped save your man today, Reigart, and I emphasize 'might', but you risk the lives of thousands tomorrow.

Admiral Piquet: Admiral, what's going on down there?

Admiral Reigart: We have an F18 shot down over southern Bosnia. One pilot is suspected dead.

Admiral Piquet: Who authorized the search and rescue mission?

Admiral Reigart: I did.

Admiral Piquet: Call it off. Stand down, Admiral.

Admiral Reigart: Maybe I didn't make myself clear! We have pilots down! One is probably already dead!

Admiral Piquet: Admiral, I've spoken personally to Bosnian military commanders and they assure me the shoot down was perpetrated by renegades outside of their control, attempting to disrupt the peace process.

Admiral Reigart: Well of course they're going to say that.

Admiral Piquet: They're also claiming, Admiral, that your aircraft was way off mission.

Admiral Reigart: Yes, well...

Admiral Piquet: If we fly in there, we create a shitstorm, and the whole treaty will collapse.

Admiral Reigart: Admiral, Burnett says that Serb troops murdered his pilot!

Admiral Piquet: Is your pilot an expert on Bosnia? Can he tell the difference of the uniform of a Serb, Croat, and Muslim? Because I can't, and I've been posted here for five years.