"It does mine too," admitted Frank, "and if it hadn't been for Russia quitting, we'd be looking now at the coattails of the Kaiser's generals as they scooted back to Berlin.  But that's a bit of hard luck that we can't help.  Russia's back-down has taken ten million soldiers from the Allies' strength.  But America will make that all up in time and then you'll see us doing the chasing."