Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' Page #3
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So, Mr. Groteschele, the floor is all yours.
Thank you.
I shall try not to waste your valuable time.
The subject today is ''Nuclear War.''
Specifically, ''Winning a Nuclear War.''
We know in a exchange
between the Soviets and Americans...
...100 million people, more or less,
would be killed.
A 100 million or more?
Yes, Mr. Secretary.
That would be nothing but a tragedy...
...nobody here denies that.
Every war, even a thermonuclear war,
must have a victor and a vanquished.
History tells us that the culture
which is best prepared...
...has the best retaliation,
and the best defense...
...will have an ancient
and classical advantage.
To be victorious?
Yes. It would be the victor in that
it would be less damaged than its enemy.
We would be the victor.
That would be our hope.
Your argument doesn't recognize
that thermonuclear war...
...is not the extension of policy...
...it is the end of everything:
People, policy, institutions--
My argument is if someone
is to survive a nuclear exchange...
...I prefer that it be our culture
and not the Soviets'.
Culture? With most of its people dead?
It's vegetation burned off?
Do you really think
that the world you describe is a culture?
The idea of war has changed since
the advent of the Bomb.
War's function remains the same, Blackie.
Whether it's a spear thrown
or a nuclear bomb.
War is still the resolution
of economic and political conflict.
In these times, in any possible war...
...the overwhelming majority of citizens
are going to be killed.
Does this still suggest to you
that war is a resolution of conflicts?
The situation is no different
then it was 1,000 years ago.
There were wars in which
entire populations were wiped out.
The point remains: Who will be the victor
and who will be the victim?
Short of disarmament,
to which I doubt the Soviets would agree...
...what shall we do?
These weapons exist. We can face that
or we can close our minds to it.
Groteschele, this world is no longer
man's theater.
Man has been made into a spectator.
We define policy by discussing the
possibility of a winnable nuclear exchange.
Once one knows where he wants to go...
...he can collect a great amount of logic
and fact to support his argument.
My fear is that both we and the Soviets
are settled on mutual destruction.
We are now rallying our different logics
to support our identical conclusions.
And, if we are not careful, gentlemen,
we will both get the results that we want.
General Bogan, UFO at angels 30,
speed 525, heading 196.
That means the unidentified aircraft
is flying at 30,000 feet...
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