[GMMAC]

Seemingly you've missed Warren's anti-defeatist central premise which he sums up as: "Such spineless whimpering is, in turn, a powerful inspiration to the most ardent Islamists to try further terror strikes."

Meanwhile, defeatism in a nutshell:

[gcruse]

No, I didn’t miss it. I was pointing out that even those of us critical of the defeatist mindset are unconsciously infected with its eagerness to have peace over victory.