They think he doesn't understand the meaning of the war.

They don't want war; they are not a warlike people.

They don't hate the Germans.

There is no feeling of vengeance.

They constantly say: "Why do the Germans hate us?
We don't hate them." But, since Germany set out to rule the world and to conquer Great Britain, they say, "We'll all die first." That's "all there is to it." And they will all die unless they can so fix things that this war cannot be repeated.