Half-Baked/Hammerhead Commission

Another piece from our friend Wil Wirtanen on the Half Baked-Hammerhead Commission:


But at least we tried?

Richard Haass, Council of Foreign Relations, on Meet the Press expressed an idea that I continually here from liberals and find reprehensible (yes, both the idea and the people). I am paraphrasing what he said, but he stated that the Iraq Surrender Group report is a long shot but it will show that we, the US, tried.

I have heard this type of refrain for all the failed liberal policies in the last several years. It has a brother and sister excuse which are It isn’t whether you win or lose, but how you play the game or at least we care.

This type of attitude and philosophy is the credo of losers. You don’t go into a serious endeavor without a serious commitment to win. If you do, you are doomed to defeat before you get to try.

How long would Vince Lombardi have lasted at Green Bay if after a loss he told the press at least we tried. He would not be the icon he is with that type of attitude. And this is just about a game (sorry football fanatics).

The at least we tried attitude shows a total lack of the fortitude necessary to weather the difficult things in life. Why do we admire the tenacity of individuals overcoming adversity? It is not because they showed up and put up a token amount of effort to overcome the adversity. It is because they were victorious.

The starting point of victimization comes from this attitude. These people feel if they show up that they should be given a job, college degree, etc. They feel they should not have to compete, put forth effort or be productive on their job.

It scares the hell out me when I here of games where no score is kept, or that because you happen you to be a certain victim you get a pass on standards. By doing these, we are sowing the seeds of defeatism and victimization in our children and third world status for this nation.

I have been chastised in the past by people when I excoriate them for the phrase, It is not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. I then ask them one question, Is that how the military should approach war? I usually hear some stammering and an inane response.

The battle in Iraq (and yes it is only a battle in the overall war against Islamo-fascists) may not going well. The attitude of the Dimocrats and RINO’s are reflecting this defeatist attitude. The best indication of this is their total lack of use of the word Victory.

What liberals don’t seem to understand is that the scoreboard has only two columns Win or Lose there are no columns for Trying or How You Played.