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Copyright 2004 The News and Observer
Th~ News &. Observer. (Raleigh, North Carolina)
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SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A26
June 6, 2004 Sunday
Anal Edition
LENGTH: 576 words
HEADLINE: Ustening post;
Ideas and issues under discussion in the Triangle
BODY:
llred of losing? Stay the course
COMMENTARY
From Carolina Journal, a publication of the John Locke Foundation, a commentary by editor Richard
Wagner'!,
"If you ever have a player who's afraid he's going to lose, take him out." A legendary baseball-managerin
my hometown uttered that advice to a protege about 40 years ago. The statement, seemingly simple,
actually embodies a much deeper philosophy of commitment, success and leadership In everyday life.
That advice can be applied also to the nation's morale and the war on terrorism being waged, for now, In
Iraq and Afghanistan.
The losers in our society say we can't win in the Mideast. They say President Bush duped Americans Into
thinking Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein' had weapons of mass destruction. They say we have entered a
"quagmire" In Iraq, like we did in Vietnam. They said the same thing before U.S. troops liberated
Afghanistan.
The losers are the same people who refuse to recognize the simple fact that terrorism is nothing new.
Islamic terrorists have been at war with the United States for about 30 years. Observers of recent
history remember that the long string of terrorism began with the hijacking of airlines, the taking of
hostages and the slaughter of innocent victims in the 1970s.
Then it progressed, among other events, into the bombing of U.S. military barracks, U.S. embassies, the
USS Cole and the World Trade Center.
Then came Sept. 11 •. Until then, the terrorists were at war with us, but we weren't at war with them.
Americans woke up when al-Qaeda terrorists flew airliners into the World Trade Center towers and the
Pentagon. Only a few years later, the losers lulled themselves into a false sense of security, closed their
eyes ~nd went b~ck to sleep. 11ley're stili asleep today. .
Now, according to some national surveys, the losers are infecting others with their disease. More
Americans are beginning to doubt themselves and to lose their will to fight.
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