MACARTHUR TO THE WORLD

Once American arms have been committed in defense of moral principles, the Rubicon has been crossed. The die has been cast and there can be no turning back.

"However long and difficult the road, we must fight on with all the power we can mount until victory is achieved...

"I am completely confident that we now have power in Korea sufficient to hold a position indefinitely. I will not go further than that in predicting the future of the war, for I am no seer, and there are too many imponderables in war to permit conjecture. I do know that the enemy has been hurt badly and that he has had to fight a long war where he expected a quick victory...

"Now our strategy is based, in the face of the great Chinese hordes, on forcing the enemy to lengthen his supply line in the areas where we can attack it ...

"I'll spend the rest of my life, if necessary, fighting Communism. Democracy--the American way of life--is the most wonderful thing we have and it is worth fighting for when it is threatened..."

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