:27:03
All right, Professor Groeteschele.
:27:06
I see we have an alert
to supplement our discussion.
:27:11
Unfortunately, we settled the question
ofaccidental war last week...
:27:15
so we can't make use ofit today.
:27:19
Today the subject is limited war.
:27:22
It is not theoretical.
:27:24
On it depends
the kind ofweapons we use...
:27:26
where we locate them,
how we use them.
:27:28
In short,
our entire military posture.
:27:30
Is limited war possible?
:27:33
Can we confine the exchange
ofnuclearweapons...
:27:36
to military targets alone...
:27:38
or must war lead inevitably
to the destruction ofcities?
:27:41
- It must.
- Why?
:27:44
The object ofwar is to inflict
maximum damage on the enemy...
:27:49
destroy his ability to resist.
:27:51
In the last war, both sides
could have used bacterial warfare.
:27:54
- They didn't.
- It wouldn't have been decisive.
:27:58
Can you be sure?
:27:59
Maybe people still couldn't get used
to the idea ofkilling civilians.
:28:03
Take that up with the civilians
of London, Hamburg, Dresden orTokyo...
:28:08
killed by the thousands
in bombing raids.
:28:11
I omit Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
:28:13
since those actions belong
more properly to World War III...
:28:16
than World War II.
:28:17
I still don't see
how we could restrict a war.
:28:21
We could come to a mutual agreement
with the Russians...
:28:24
to strike only at missile bases.
:28:27
What ifthe missile bases
were near the cities?
:28:30
Theywould have an incentive
to move them elsewhere.
:28:32
They might take such an offer
as a sign ofweakness on our part.
:28:35
- It could be worth a try.
- They have as much to lose as we have.
:28:39
We're talking
about the wrong subject.
:28:43
We've got to stop war,
not limit it.
:28:46
That is not up to us, General Black.
:28:49
We're the ones
who know most about it.
:28:51
You're a soldier, Blackie.
You carry out policy.
:28:54
- You don't make it.
- Don't kid yourself, Stark.
:28:58
The waywe say a war can be fought
is making policy.