This defense speech is a spectacular example of disingenuity, misleading comparisons, outright lies, and appeal to false sentiment. It's so thick you couldn't cut it with a steak knife.
It's really quite incredible, isn't it?...
"You gentlemen owe whatever you have and whatever you hope for to those brave rebels"Imagine that. We owe whatever we have and whatever you hope for to a bunch of communists. We owe whatever we have and whatever we hope for to the Communist Party in the USA. We owe them whatever we have. Incredible.