Op/Ed

Letter to the editor: Churchill showed best response to existential threat

In October of 1941 Winston Churchill addresses student of the Harrow School:

“Never yield to force, never yield to the apparently overwhelming force of the enemy.”

Brigadier Gen. Anthony McAuliffe responds to German demands for surrender, Jan. 14, 1945, in the Battle of the Bulge:

“Nuts.”

President Trump to President Zelensky, Feb. 2, 2025:

“You’re not in a very good position … You’ve allowed yourself to be in a very bad position … You don’t have the cards right now.”

Peter Lebenbaum

Middlebury

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