Pubdate: Thu, 13 Dec 2001
Source: Orlando Sentinel (FL)
Copyright: 2001 Orlando Sentinel
Contact:  http://www.orlandosentinel.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/325
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n2059/a07.html?2562
Author: Kenneth D. Peters

WILL TO WIN

Regarding Wednesday's editorial "Another war": Although I agree that we 
need to continue the war on drugs and that it is a war we could win, I have 
concerns based on our past performance.

We fought half way up the Korean peninsula, then quit.

A cowardly president called off the air support at the Bay of Pigs, leaving 
an adversary near our shores and an oppressed people in Cuba.

Presidents ignorant of military matters fought and lost Vietnam.

We stopped short of Baghdad, where the terrorist still lives.

In response to the destruction of two embassies and the attack on the USS 
Cole, Bill Clinton set firecrackers off in the desert.

We can beat terrorists and we can stop drugs from reaching our shores, but 
will we?

Kenneth D. Peters, Merritt Island
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