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BAR[_2_]

In article ,
says...
If there is any lying at all it is in what they really think they need
and what they ask for.
Patton used to call it "rock soup". You make a modest request and then
keep needing a little more until you get what you wanted in the first
place. That is how we get into these wars that were only supposed to
take 3 months and a few thousand covert operatives. Then 10 years
later we are asking whether we should "double down" and put in another
50,000 guys.

Wow... quite a reach going back to WW2. Try quoting Petraeus.

When you are dealing with the military, you can quote Caesar's Gallic
Wars and still be relevant.

Petraeus used the "rock soup" tactic in Iraq and he is using in
Afghanistan as we speak. What else can you call "double down"?

Sun Tzu is taught at the USMA (West Point).