MacArthur

1:41:02

I was a captain in
Battery D in World War I,

1:41:06

and that was the center
of the war effort for me.

1:41:09

Perhaps you should have
stayed in the army.

1:41:12

Nope, I don't think so.

1:41:15

I've heard it's a bad idea for
army men to dabble in politics.

1:41:19

Mr. President, you know that I'm
not involved in politics in any way.

1:41:23

I did let the politicians make a
chump out of me in the '48 elections.

1:41:28

If a general is going
to be running against you,

1:41:30

his name will be Eisenhower,
not MacArthur.

1:41:34

Eisenhower?

1:41:35

That man doesn't know as much about
politics as a pig does about Sunday.

1:41:44

Uh, General...

1:41:47

I came over here
to listen to your ideas...

1:41:50

on the rehabilitation
of postwar Korea.

1:41:55

Mind if I smoke,
Mr. President?

1:41:57

No, I suppose I've had more smoke blown in my face
than any man alive.

1:42:07

The formal resistance,
I believe...

1:42:12

should end in Korea
by Thanksgiving.

1:42:16

And now that we've authorized military operations
above the parallel,

1:42:20

do you include North Korea
in that estimate? Yes, I do.

1:42:23

By the time I'm finished, we should
have the entire peninsula under control.

1:42:27

General, you do understand the
limitations on your directive...

1:42:30

from the Joint Chiefs
of Staff?

1:42:32

No military operations beyond
the Chinese and Soviet borders...

1:42:37

and no American troops
near those borders.

1:42:40

Yes, I believe I understand
that directive fully...

1:42:43

and our boys should be home
by Christmas, Mr. President,

1:42:46

provided that Red China
stays out of the conflict.

1:42:51

Well, I'm glad
to hear that, General.

1:42:53

I've got the whole
United Nations on my back.

1:42:56

A couple dozen members have got troops under you
in Korea,

1:42:59

and the bunch of them are scared stiff
that we're pushing them into World War III.