[Seeking the truth]

Well, this is certainly the antithesis of "Why Bother", isn't it?

Seriously, here is a quote that perhaps addresses the question you pose. Winston Churchill's England was under daily bombardment from the Hun. The situation was bleak.

"You ask what is our aim? It is victory. Victory at all costs. Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory, there is no survival"

[BADJOE]

How true.

I am beaten down like I have never been.

If the US had not entered the war England would have been overrun and destroyed.

Today I am England.