The Sounds of Defeat
Rigour6
The loss of Quebec was a severe blow. Alberta even more so. Now we look around and hear the sounds of defeat. Some of it propaganda of course, because our opponents want and need us to give up. Some of it is frustration.
We can finger point: why didn't our tanks do this and that? It's the PM's fault. etc. etc.
OK, how about stopping with the finger-pointing and the looking back and face some facts:
We are now, and have always been, the severe underdogs in this war.
Our opponents have greater numbers, more production, more high-level soldiers.
Our opponents have prepared for this war.
Our opponents have executed well. They have particularly timed attacks well to take advantage of time zone differences.
We're not "losing" the war because of our incompetence, our leader's incompetence, lack of trying. We're losing because games like this have a relentless math to them, and right now we're on the wrong side of it.
Does this mean we've lost and the war is over and we should sue for peace?
In my opinion, not at all.
First of all, there are more important things than losing individual battles, or indeed, an entire war. Turning your back on your friends and allies and what you know is right is certainly among them.
Second, if victory is ever going to come, it's going to come when the freedom-loving peoples of the world start doing what's right collectively, not individually. If all the Germans who really wanted to be free were fighting here with us, and all the British who felt the same were, the numbers would be on our side. Each domino that has capitulated in part (and I recognize and salute the people who have left beloved home to fight with us) has made the aggressor's job that much easier. Why would be part of that awful pattern and turn our back on the Yanks, the Spanish, the Romanians who have fought side by side with us at every juncture of history?
Third, the longer the war goes on, the greater the chances that the aggressors will run out of money, lose cohesion and start fighting amongst themselves. The greater the chance that neutrals will be inspired by our stand and join with us, that the British and Germans will be reminded of their better instincts. The longer the war goes on, the greater our chance to turn the tide. I know we're the internet generation, but we need to have a longer attention span.
Finally, the longer we stand unbowed against odds, the more glorious will be our tale in the ehistory books, the more we will express what is the true spirit of our nation and our culture, and the more we will teach those of the world that they should never ever do this again. Let our resolute stand, our refusal to bend the knee, our steadfast support for our true friends, let it be an example to the world. Let us be the greatest citizens of this eworld, not because we seek to rule over others, but because we refuse to let them rule over us.
SR Vol 2, Number 2
Comments
Finally, some sanity in the news!
Absolutely. Fight on till the end and drive through to a blaze of glory!
Sanity is not statistical - George Orwell.
Gaidal Cain just admitted We are broke.
No gold=no wins.
Sorry guys, there's a time to let go. You can't always get what you want.
Great article. I agree that we need to keep faith in victory but I also think we need change.
Don't listen to Adasko.
This whole leadership needs to be replaced.
Adasko, what I want is to be true to myself.
If Ontario is going to fall in a Great Last Stand, I want to be there. If that just leaves my beloved NB, I'll move back there for the last hammer blow.
I could, of course, BUY gold, but I'm not prepared to play that game. Others could if they wished, I know the game owners need to make money too. 😉
@Rigour6
Well said. Voted.
@Adasko
If Ontario falls, we may go to the US to fight for a while, or there might be a resistance. I'm hoping our leaders have some plan other than giving up.
Our greatest resource is our people. People standing up for what is right matters more than lines on the map.
If we go out in a blaze of glory, then we must fight on until the end, and when that Dark day comes, and the last Canadian Flag no longer flys above the Ramparts, then we must find a way to fight on, with out friends and allies.
I believe this war will have one winner, and that is definetifely not PEACE! But I think we should learn from PEACE, there are enough eCanadians living other places than Canada. Someone should trust them to do the conterattacs.
Augustus is right, it needs to be replaced.
Luckily, I don't have anything to do with the war, I just write the law.
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Great article!
FIGHT UNTIL DEATH! We will not surrender!
This much we pledge - and more!
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You talk about how math is important, and then one of the important point you mention is "First of all, there are more important things than losing individual battles, or indeed, an entire war. Turning your back on your friends and allies and what you know is right is certainly among them."...
That is not math.
It is important, but this will not save you. Once you and your allies loose their hospitals and high grain/iron regions. No friendship will save you.
Except for PEACE's force of liberation's friendship of course 😛.
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About that :"Third, the longer the war goes on, the greater the chances that the aggressors will run out of money, lose cohesion and start fighting amongst themselves. The greater the chance that neutrals will be inspired by our stand and join with us"
The more the war goes on, the thiner your revenue possibilities thins as you loose people, compagnies and regions, and the more our ressources possibilities growth, as not all you people leave where they are, and start purchasing from us.
The worse your side becomes, the less inclined other countries will help you. Look at the countries that started fighting against us recently to help us. Some of us are already disapearing from the map. Do you think other will join them?
It will always be easier to capitulate than to fight.
It will always be easier to be a slave than to be free.
It will always be easier to serve oneself instead of others.
I recognize the reality of the math.
I do not allow it to determine my ethics, alter my principles, or turn me from what I know is right.
I certainly do not allow it to convince me that the invader is my friend and that the person standing shoulder to shoulder with me to oppose the invader should be abandoned.
No one shows what they are made of when they are on the side the math favours. That is no proof of character whatsoever. A person who argues otherwise gives testament to their lack of character. They use the math as an excuse for why they will not do what they know they should.