Bartlet has convinced Israel and Palestine to visit Camp David for a round of peace negotiations. Leo stays back in order to give the official okay to strike the Ein Hawa terrorist training camp in Syria. [1]
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Trivia
"Birnam wood" is referenced in "Macbeth": "SCENE IV. Country near Birnam wood." [2]
Quote: "We then heard from an anonymous source who said, "the gist is this: Macbeth is told he's safe until Birnam Wood shall come to Dunsinane Castle. He assumes that means he's safe forever, because the woods don't generally move (except in Tolkein, and this is Shakespeare, right?). But when Malcolm comes to fight Macbeth, he has each of his soldiers cut a bough from a tree and carry it with him. Thus his soldiers move to Dunsinane, Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane, and Macbeth is defeated. "When Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane - when the impossible happens - and it does." [3]
Goofs
General Alexander says that the U.S. has bombed a terrorist training camp "in the Kingdom of Syria". Syria is not a kingdom; it is a republic. [4]
There is a terrorist attack in the Turkish town of Antalya. On the TV screen we see a Tel-Aviv ambulance treating the injured.
When Farad asks Jed how old his children and grandchildren are, Jed tells him that Annie, Elizabeth Bartlet Westin's daughter, started high school last week. This does not fit in with the timeline of the series because Annie was twelve in the pilot. [5]
Quotes
Leo McGarry: I can't support this decision...
President Bartlet: We can't keep having this argument.
Leo McGarry: No sir, we can't. If my counsel is no longer of use to you, perhaps--
President Bartlet: So, if I disagree with your advice, you have to threaten me?
Leo McGarry: This is your own League of Nations and it will ruin you like it ruined Wilson.
President Bartlet: Okay. I'll need your successor in place before you leave.
References
"The West Wing" The Birnam Wood (2004)
The West Wing Episode Guide
The West Wing Episode Guide http://www.westwingepguide.com/
The West Wing Unofficial Continuity Guide
The West Wing: The Birnam Wood
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