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2016 Feb
General MacArthur described himself as "a confirmed optimist" regarding the possibility of another world war, Mayor Lauro said.
"He thinks that another war would be double suicide and that there is enough sense on both sides of the Iron Curtain to avoid it," the Mayor went on.
"He believes that because of the developments of science all the countries on earth will have to unite to survive and to make a common front against attack by people from other planets."
The politics of the future will be cosmic, or interplanetary, in General MacArthur's opinion, the Mayor continued. He quoted the military leader as saying that a thousand years from now today's civilization would appear as obsolete as the stone age.
According to Lauro, the only comments MacArthur made about the next war were that he had no idea what form it would take:
2016 Feb
General MacArthur described himself as "a confirmed optimist" regarding the possibility of another world war, Mayor Lauro said.
"He thinks that another war would be double suicide and that there is enough sense on both sides of the Iron Curtain to avoid it," the Mayor went on.
"He believes that because of the developments of science all the countries on earth will have to unite to survive and to make a common front against attack by people from other planets."
The politics of the future will be cosmic, or interplanetary, in General MacArthur's opinion, the Mayor continued. He quoted the military leader as saying that a thousand years from now today's civilization would appear as obsolete as the stone age.
According to Lauro, the only comments MacArthur made about the next war were that he had no idea what form it would take:
"He quoted Einstein's reply when asked what weapons would be used in a
third world war — that he did not know what weapons would be used in a
third world war but that a fourth global conflict would be fought with
sticks and stones."
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