What do propagandists say when defeat is at hand?

VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY, DECEMBER 2005

"On this, both Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree. The only way the terrorists can win is if we lose our nerve and abandon our mission," "

JOSEPH GOEBBELS NEW YEARS EVE 1943, ADDRESSING THE GERMAN PEOPLE

“A nation must fight courageously and intelligently for its existence..the main thing is that the leadership and people keep their nerve, stubbornly and persistently overcoming dangers and difficulties, letting nothing distract them from the continuation of the course that they once saw as correct…”