Posted by casey at January 10th, 2007

In life, mistakes are made all the time that are easily fixed by first admitting the fault and then taking the right course to correct the problem.  A broken war is not one of those mistakes you can fix by simply admitting that “mistakes were made”. Sometimes things are broken that can’t be fixed — a very hard lesson for many people who are “fixers”.  I liken it to the urge you get to buy more of a falling stock.  Initially, you think its a good investment to lower your dollar cost average, but most financial experts recommend closing the position for a small loss rather than investing in a dead stock for an even worse loss in the long run.  In the same way Bush’s Vietnam cannot be fixed by simply admitting “mistakes were made” and adding more troops.