[yldstrk]

think about what you said

so are you saying that the Warsaw Ghetto uprising wasn’t worth fighting? I differ. I say in the words of Patrick Henry: “Give me liberty or give me death.”

http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/henry-liberty.html

[jjsheridan5]

think about what you said ... so are you saying that the Warsaw Ghetto uprising wasn’t worth fighting? I differ.

Entirely different situation. In fact, so different, I cannot comprehend how someone could even posit such a comparison with a straight face. In Warsaw, they were doomed. They were going to die, regardless. They were going to lose their country, their culture, everything, and they had no way out. Nothing of the sort is happening here. Ukraine can still muster a credible resistance. They aren't going to be slaughtered wholesale, and they have external countries which will help them (although not decisively). Throwing out this kind of token defense accomplishes nothing, and carries with it a price.

I say in the words of Patrick Henry: “Give me liberty or give me death.”

You can say that all you want. It doesn't give you (not you, but Ukraine) license to take leave of their senses, and abandon any vestige of strategy and long-term thinking. If you say this in order to rationalize any kind of poor decision, you render these words meaningless.