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The American Enterprise

| September 01, 2005 | Cucullu, Gordon | COPYRIGHT 2005 The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business and culture (TEAmag.com). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Somewhere, a True Believer is planning to kill you. He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon. He doesn't worry about what workout to do. His rucksack weighs what it weighs, and he runs until the enemy stops chasing him.

The True Believer doesn't care "how hard it is"; he knows he either wins or he dies. He doesn't go home at 1700 hours; he is home. He knows only the Cause.

Now, who wants to quit?

--From the indoctrination lecture at the U.S. Army Special Forces School

The fanatical true believers who used to constitute the peculiar enemies of our Special ...

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