"Right you are," agreed Dick.  "The jig's up with Germany and she's the only one that doesn't see it.  It's fun to see the way she tries to belittle America to her own people.  Almost every week she has to change the story.  At first she said that America wouldn't fight at all.  We were a nation of money grabbers.  Then even if we wanted to fight the U-boats would keep us from getting over; Then even if we got over, our troops would be green and run like hares as soon as they caught sight of the veteran Prussian regiments."