Word: defeatists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hour-long speech, North Korean Premier Kim said that his country "does not consider it dishonorable to conclude an armistice . . . after fighting against 19 powers for three years," and added that the war should end with "neither victor nor vanquished." But next day, as if to quash such defeatist talk, the Peking radio declared that "we must exert every effort" for victory, and promised that North Koreans and Chinese together would "smash the schemes of the American aggressors," who are really only "paper tigers...
...Never before in our history have we adopted a defeatist attitude toward despotism . . . We must adopt a positive policy and get away from the idea that the [Communist] overrunning of China is the final, last word...
...abandonment of Formosa to the Chinese Communists. This price was higher than it seemed. Reason: the moral defeat involved would prove to Asiatic and European nations that the U.S. and the U.N. could not make good on their promises of protection against Red aggression. This would deepen the defeatist tendencies of anti-Communists in Asia and Europe. It would "buy time" and save an army, but it would greatly lessen the chances of ever effectively using the time or the army...
Berliners and West Germans know that only token defenses stand between them and the threat from the East. Under the circumstances, it is not surprising that many Germans (and other Europeans) are profoundly discouraged and defeatist. West German morale soared during the Berlin airlift, plummeted when the West failed to take advantage of its moral victory. Morale flashed up again last June when the U.S. promptly and decisively accepted the Communist challenge in Korea. But it dropped again when U.S. battle defeats, added to appeasing statements from Washington, cast doubt on the U.S. determination to make a firm stand against...
Amiable, greying Phillies Manager Eddie Sawyer was not joining in. "We're not ready for it," said Sawyer. "Brooklyn should win, and we'll be in third again." Sophomore Manager Sawyer explained his prediction: "I'm not being defeatist, but I know our values. The boys have youth, ambition and sincerity for their jobs. But they are inexperienced, and we have a definite weakness in reserves...