USA is losing, is surrounded, should surrender. "Aw, nuts!"

According to the news media the USA is losing, it is surrounded and should surrender.

BASTOGNE
The Story of the First Eight Days In Which the 101st Airborne Division Was Closed Within the Ring of German Forces
CHAPTER 14 "NUTS!"
McAuliffe asked someone what the paper contained and was told that it requested a surrender.
He laughed and said, "Aw, nuts!" It really seemed funny to him at the time. He figured he was giving the Germans "one hell of a beating" and that all of his men knew it. The demand was all out of line with the existing situation.6
KEY TO NOTES: 6. M31;

[The demand today seems to be all out of line with the existing situation. "Aw, nuts!" ]