The closer you are to Caesar, the greater the fear

Brigadier General Quintard: You have a son Colonel?Lt. Col. Gordon Tall:Yes sir, I do.Brigadier General Quintard:Good. 'Cause we don't want our sons or our grandsons fight this war 30 years from now, do we?Lt. Col. Gordon Tall:No sir, we sure don't.Brigadier General Quintard:You crush 'em without mercy. You dig them out of the hills and protect that airfield.Lt. Col. Gordon Tall:Yes sir.Brigadier General Quintard:You wonder why. Why do the Japs want an airfield there of all places? I guess we don't know the bigger picture, do we? If there is such a thing, what do you think?Lt. Col. Gordon Tall:Well sir, I never asked myself that question.Brigadier General Quintard:You're a humble man. Nobody wants that either. But you, how much do you want it?Lt. Col. Gordon Tall:As much as I have to, sir.Lt. Col. Gordon Tall: All they sacrificed for me. Poured out like water on the ground. All I might have given for love's sake. Too late. Dying. Slow as a tree.Brigadier General Quintard: You feel it?Lt. Col. Gordon Tall:Yes sir.Lt. Col. Gordon Tall: The closer you are to Caesar, the greater the fear