Victory was the objective and his definition of victory was borrowed from the prize-ring.

A better world had to wait.

He became more and more reckless.

There was a time when his indignation against Lord Kitchener was almost uncontrollable.
For Mr.Asquith he never entertained this violent feeling, but gradually lost patience with him, and only decided that he must go when procrastination appeared to jeopardize "a knock-out blow." Anyone who questioned the cost of the war was a timid soul.

What did it matter what the war cost so long as victory was won?
Anyone who questioned the utter recklessness which characterized the Ministry of Munitions was a mere fault-finder.