negative, your odds do not improve if you stay at the table. Each bet is a separate event. This has been a geek moment, brought to you by Dana.
On 11/9/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > In my opinion this will make or break Bush, if he gives up on > > democracy now then this will have been a huge waste of lives, time and > > money > > Well let's talk about waste. Let's say you play poker at a casino. > It's a low probability bet, but there's a chance you might win. So > you play and you lose $1000. Do you stay at the table? Because your > odds go down the longer you stay. > > And that's the question with Iraq. It was a low probability bet and > now it's just a question of throwing good money after bad. > > The reality is clear: there's no way we can move forward via > occupation because there's no battle for us anymore. We're caught > between about 20 competing forces who all want us out of the way and > have unlimited money and men. > > We can still win, but only if we change tactics. And the first change > is getting out of Iraq. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220258 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
