Gen. LaSalle: Why don't you say it? Go ahead and say it. This hostage business makes you want to vomit.
Col. Feroud: On the contrary, General, I think it's an excellent idea, as far as it goes. But why shoot only five hostages? Why not ten, or even twenty for every soldier killed? In no time at all, you can have the whole population of Damascus lined up against the walls and you've ended all resistance.

Balukjiaan: [entering the warehouse] Nasir, my little lamb, my sweet friend!
Nasir Aboud: [with sarcasm] We smelled you coming.
Balukjiaan: Uh?
Nasir's assistant: He said you smell like a goat!

Balukjiaan: Look how everybody's worried. Why worry? He asked us to come, we came. If he wants to do business, we do business. If he doesn't want to do business, we don't do business. Right?
Merchant businessman: Not right. Wrong. Wrong. What do we have to sell? Food. Since when does the Chief of Intelligence buy food for the Army?
Balukjiaan: Don't make me nervous.