[Kommodor]

Well, I'm sorry, I guess I'm just a babbling shut-in then. Carry on, and do know that while I may be a bit skeptical, I do wish you Q folks all the best, because at this point, the alternatives are less than pleasant.

Because to be serious, if nothing else, President Trump has placed us in a position where the choice is and has been very clear. Freedom, or life under the CCP's thumb. I, for one, would not prefer the latter.

I believe our old friend Winston Churchill put it thus:

• If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed;
• if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly;
• you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival.
• There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

Again, to be serious, we are most likely somewhere between options #2 and #3 there. Let's pray that we don't get to option #4. That would be unpleasant.

And in honor of Mr. Churchill, have this wonderful picture

[little jeremiah]

I will add those to my short list of Churchill quotes.

Here's some more.

"I say to the House as I said to ministers who have joined this government, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering."

"You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea, and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy."

"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs — Victory in spite of all terrors — Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival."