That's kinda a theme for the movie. He's also right about the virus (he touches that doll and LESS THAN A DAY LATER he's lost his voice). Maybe if the Colonel had won, the entire Plant of the Apes could have been averted?I liked the film but thought it all kind of came loose towards the end. The soldiers at the Colonel's camp have to be some of the worst prison guards in history. I also found the inclusion of this human vs human element to be somewhat contrived. Because the Colonel isn't wrong, humans will be outnumbered by apes and its difficult to believe that would go well for us. I'm actually surprised how little cruelty you saw the soldiers give out, I'd have thought they would be in full extermination mode, but then I guess you can only go so far with the concept and a 12A certificate
Not that that makes him a good guy.