At this very moment and at my command our planes are ravaging the cities
of the perfidious enemy. (Cheers)
The time has come for me to justify my action to you, the Nation. (The
CROWD shouts, 'Long life the Marshal! All hail the Marshal!')
If I entered upon a policy of war with no formal declaration of war, I
did so to spare the thousands of your sons and daughters who are scoring
the first of many victories at this very moment. Now I come before you
to ask for your approval. (The CROWD chants, 'We want war!').
I see no reason to enter into a bargaining session with a band of
scoundrels, (The CROWD cheers). They have long provoked and insulted our
great Nation from without and now seem determined to undermine it from
within!
(The CROWD shouts, 'Death to all traitors!'). The only way to deal with
this thom in our side-this inferior, insignificant little people-is to
wipe it off the face of the earth. (The CROWD chants, ' We want war!').
No matter who its protectors are, no matter how they respond to our
challenge, let me state unequivocally that we are afraid of no one! (The
CROWD shouts, 'We want war! Long live the Marshall! We want War!'). I
knew you would stand by me. And I know you will stand by me when I
proclaim to the entire world:
We did not want this war, but we shall win it, Victory is ours! ...
