than to prepare for a short war and
make it long? When criticism is
made of the expense of Kvar, let us
not forget that we bought with it the
freedom and the safety of the civi
lization of the world.
Preparedness.
Again, they say that we were not
prepared for war. In a strict mili
tary sense, a democracy is never pe-
pared for war
but America made
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fective than by maintaining, at enor- j ,n triumph, only to find here a wide
mous cost, great armaments, which spI?ad ProPaantda of opposition,
neither nartv ever advocated and I raakmg :t imperative that he take up
which our people would never ap-
prove.
Wars are not fought by armies
alone. They are fought by nations.
It is B measuring of the economic
strength of nations. The front line
trench is no stronger than the forces
which lie behind the trench. The line
of communication reaches back to
every village, farm, counting house,
factory and home. America prepared
by making the economic life of the
country sound.
