Commander, I wouldn't debate military planning with you. I'm just suggesting that we are...
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Daniel Grudge:
The President of the United States found it necessary to drop that bomb because there would have been 500,000 American casualties and a couple a million Japanese dead had he not dropped it. Harsh as it may sound, in my book that makes simple arithmetic. Lt. Gibson:
Commander, I wouldn't debate military planning with you. I'm just suggesting that we are standing in the middle of what was once a city, where on one given morning 100,000 people were killed. People, Commander. That's almost as many deaths as the Confederates had in four years of Civil War. Quite apart from anything else, sir. Doesn't that suggest to you that from this second on, if the world ever decided to go to war again, it could kill itself off in a couple of afternoons. Doesn't it suggest, sir, that maybe - maybe war is obsolete now. Just - just do me one favor, would you, please, Commander? Don't call it arithmetic any more
The President of the United States found it necessary to drop that bomb because there would have been 500,000 American casualties and a couple a million Japanese dead had he not dropped it. Harsh as it may sound, in my book that makes simple arithmetic. Lt. Gibson:
Commander, I wouldn't debate military planning with you. I'm just suggesting that we are standing in the middle of what was once a city, where on one given morning 100,000 people were killed. People, Commander. That's almost as many deaths as the Confederates had in four years of Civil War. Quite apart from anything else, sir. Doesn't that suggest to you that from this second on, if the world ever decided to go to war again, it could kill itself off in a couple of afternoons. Doesn't it suggest, sir, that maybe - maybe war is obsolete now. Just - just do me one favor, would you, please, Commander? Don't call it arithmetic any more
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I'm just suggesting that we are standing
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in the middle
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of what was once a city
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where on one given morning
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100 000 people were killed
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People commander
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That's almost as many deaths
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as the confederates had
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in four years of civil war
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Quite apart
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from anything else sir
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doesn't that suggest to you
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that from this second on
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if the world ever decided
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to go to war again
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it could kill itself off
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in a couple of afternoons
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Doesn't it suggest sir
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that maybe
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Maybe war is obsolete now
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Just just do me one favor
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would you please commander
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Don't call it arithmetic
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anymore
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Movie Summary
Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
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Daniel Grudge
Lt. Gibson
