Wednesday, December 13, 2006

When what you are doing is making you lose,

more of the same is always better.
"As President Bush weighs new policy options for Iraq, strong support has coalesced in the Pentagon behind a military plan to "double down" in the country with a substantial buildup in American troops, an increase in industrial aid and a major combat offensive against Muqtada Sadr, the radical Shiite leader impeding development of the Iraqi government."

Rook's Rant mentions the forbidden word: Draft.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's the Martingale strategy, guaranteed to fail in the long run unless you have unlimited resources and even then you only break even.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_%28betting_system%29

ellroon said...

Thanks for the link. It's interesting that it's connected to a gambling theory. I had no idea it was actually based on something other than stupidity.