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1:26:02
SOMEBODY OUGHT TO WRITE
A HISTORY OF THE WAR.

1:26:04
WHAT ARE YOU BUCKING FOR,
A WHOLE CHAPTER TO YOURSELF ?

1:26:08
I DOUBT ANYONE
COULD PUT IT
ALL TOGETHER.

1:26:10
IF THEY DO,
I'D LIKE TO READ IT.

1:26:12
I WAS IN IT FOR A WHILE,
AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.

1:26:17
I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO STARTED IT.
I WISH
SOMEBODY HAD STOPPED IT.

1:26:20
THE PEOPLE ON MARS
PROBABLY SAW
WHAT HAPPENED.

1:26:23
WHEN THINGS COOL OFF,
THEY'LL PROBABLY COME DOWN
AND TAKE OVER.

1:26:26
HOW ABOUT THAT,
PROFESSOR ?
ANY CHANCE ?

1:26:30
THEY MIGHT HAVE THE MEANS
OF PAYING OUR CORPSE A VISIT,

1:26:33
BUT I SHOULDN'T ADVISE IT
FOR A LONG TIME.

1:26:37
WHO DO YOU THINK
STARTED IT,
THE WAR ?

1:26:42
ALBERT EINSTEIN.
[ Scoffs ]
YOU'RE KIDDING.

1:26:47
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW
WHOITHINK STARTED THE WAR ?
YEAH.

1:26:52
WHY ?
YOU'RE AN EGGHEAD,
AREN'T YOU ?

1:26:55
[ Men Chuckling ]
1:26:58
WHO WOULD EVER HAVE BELIEVED
THAT HUMAN BEINGS WOULD BE
STUPID ENOUGH...

1:27:01
TO BLOW THEMSELVES
OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH ?

1:27:04
I DON'T BELIEVE IT
EVEN NOW.

1:27:07
WE DIDN'T WANT A WAR.
WE DIDN'T START IT.
HOW DID IT START ?

1:27:12
THE TROUBLE WITH YOU IS
YOU WANT A SIMPLE ANSWER,

1:27:15
AND THERE ISN'T ANY.
1:27:20
THE WAR STARTED
WHEN PEOPLE ACCEPTED
THE IDIOTIC PRINCIPLE...

1:27:23
THAT PEACE
COULD BE MAINTAINED...

1:27:26
BY ARRANGING TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES WITH WEAPONS
THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY USE...

1:27:31
WITHOUT COMMITTING SUICIDE.
1:27:36
EVERYBODY HAD AN ATOMIC BOMB
AND COUNTER-BOMBS
AND COUNTER-COUNTER BOMBS.

1:27:39
THE DEVICES OUTGREW US.
WE COULDN'T CONTROL THEM.

1:27:44
I KNOW.
1:27:47
I HELPED BUILD THEM.
GOD HELP ME.

1:27:56
SOMEWHERE SOME POOR BLOKE...
1:27:58
PROBABLY LOOKED
AT A RADAR SCREEN
AND THOUGHT HE SAW SOMETHING.


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