Quote For The Day: Victory At All Cost?

Question

Victory at all cost. Victory, in spite of all terror.
Victory, no matter the how long or how hard the road may be.
For without Victory. There is no survival
- - - Sir Winston Churchill

Mr. Churchill, said those powerful words, back in 1940.

Since so may have made this War, a Poliitcal Issue.
I ask this in `Politics`.

QUESTION:
Does that statement, still ring true, today?

Answer 1

yes it does kiddo Winston Churchill was the best. i have a book written by William Manchester " the last lion" you have to read it buzz

Answer 2

Well, greater minds than mine have studied Churchill, and I consider him one of the most capable leaders of the modern era.

Very interesting question. How much cost determines all cost? Should it be interpreted literally?

It's important that you take Churchill's speech in context. He was speaking to a tired populace. They'd just lost an entire generation of men in the first world war. They were not eager to get into another one, and that was quite understandable. For this reason, Chamberlain's timidity was partially understandable, but certainly not forgivable. Churchill knew he had to build in the populace the resolve to beat the new Germany, and frankly, they were looking death in the face. If they lost, it would be at all cost. England would be conquered, and the people subjugated.

So when he said "Victory at all cost," it was because there was no other choice. No sacrifice was too great. Think of it as someone fighting for his life.

With the Iraq War, that's not (yet) the case. If we lose there, it will be bad. Very bad. But it won't cost us our country. It will portend a disastrous future, but losing there won't directly cause Iraq or Al-Qaida to conquer America.

That's why Victory at all costs can't really apply to this war, in my opinion. Frankly, I hate to admit this, but that line probably applies more to the terrorists. They have everything to lose, and everything to gain. That's probably why they're providing such stiff resistance.

And that's why we must remain there. If we win here, it will cripple the culture in which terrorism thrives.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I believe that what Churchill said is true, but I do not think the majority of Americans do. Congress certainly does not. If we had fought the war in Iraq like that from the beginning it would have been over by now.

Answer 5

Of course this statement still rings true today.

It may just take a while to convince some that you cannot rationalize with those who wish nothing more than to kill you. They will stop at nothing to hurt us again...if they can.

They will not stop, EVER, until we have nothing left of our beautiful country.

Answer 6

This seems to be the only quote ya'll have.

I concur with what those intelligent ladies above myself have stated: 1) this quote is not applicable to the Iraq War because 2) it is difficult to use this quote ABSTRACTLY in regards to such an ABSTRACT concept like the "War on Terrorism." It just doesn't work.

Finally, America's "true" Victory is long-due: when, exactly, will the perpetrator for 9/11 (That guy, Bin Laden) to be brought to justice?

Answer 7

Do you believe our SURVIVAL is at stake in the "war on terror"?

Do you truly believe that terrorists could take over this great nation and that one day soon we will all be forced to speak Arabic?

The answer to your question is in your answer to mine.

Hitler had the strongest military IN THE WORLD and bombed London NIGHTLY.

As for me I go back to what another great man - FDR - once said "we have nothing to fear but fear itself."

The terrorists WANT us to be afraid. That is in fact THEIR GOAL. Why do Conservatives foster and encourage that fear at every opportunity?

Answer 8

I would hope so for the majority of us but there are those that just can't be made to understand such words.

Answer 9

Personally I think it's hard to apply Churchill's quote to the Iraq war.

We are not being invaded personally, but fighting an abstract war. If we in the situation Britain was in during WW2 I'd say absolutely, but not in this context.

Answer 10

Yes. the stakes are just as high, at least.

I wish Bush would apply it to our OWN borders as well.