CBS's 'Madam Secretary' Saves the World and Brokers Peace in the Middle East
By Karen Townsend | December 20, 2016 | 12:41 AM EST
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In Sunday night’s episode titled “The Race” on CBS’s Madam Secretary, the U.S. uses a cyber attack to stop an imminent retaliatory Israeli air strike on Iran after Iran struck an Israeli nuclear facility. A loosening of sanctions has emboldened Iran and Israel must now protect herself.
“The Iran deal is going to define my administration, just not the way I hoped,” says President Conrad Dalton (Keith Carradine), in a line that could be spoken by President Obama. Dalton rushes to rescue the Israeli Defense Minister after the Iranians kidnapped him unbeknownst to Israel. To make the rescue in time without loss of life, the Israeli fighter jets’ GPS satellite has to be neutralized by “Muckware” jointly developed by the U.S. and Israel. Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord (Tea Leoni) makes this suggestion when President Dalton hesitates to use military operatives on the ground in Lebanon so that lives would be spared, including that of the Israeli minister. She knows that Israel could clean up the attack within twenty-four hours and their Defense Minister would be home by then. Madam "Hillary" saves the world again.
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