As Americans, we have no better example than our own country’s fight for liberty. I see a clear parallel on our side today to the colonists who argued for remaining loyal to the British crown, and the much smaller group who remained faithful to the fight for independence. Just as today, the naysayers thought it was an impossible fight, and frankly used their cynicism as an excuse for their unwillingness to risk relative comfort for a greater cause. And as we all know, the war for independence appeared hopeless, before victory was finally achieved.
Given that history, I don’t understand how any true American patriot can be a defeatist. People like that make me sick, and they are completely irrelevant to our righteous cause as they contribute nothing to it, yet they attempt to demoralize those who insist on remaining engaged in the fight.
While I know they don’t intend it this way, I see the “Lucy with the football” BS as little different from Tokyo Rose’s propaganda. The effect, in the end, is the same. Stop trying to demoralize the “troops.”