If…if…We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation…. We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”

I get where he's coming from but he's underselling the fear that people have of strength. You turn them back for one night, then what? When they come back with twice the number? When they pick you off one at a time trying to leave to buy bread? Seriously, then what?

Most people are crippled by the phrase "then what?" Because nobody wants to say what happens next: you're going to live a very short and bloody life.

If…if…We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation…. We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”

I get where he's coming from but he's underselling the fear that people have of strength. You turn them back for one night, then what? When they come back with twice the number? When they pick you off one at a time trying to leave to buy bread? Seriously, then what?

Most people are crippled by that phrase: "then what?" Because nobody wants to say what happens next: you're going to live a very short and bloody life.