Dems starting to coalesce on plan to "redeploy" troops in Middle East

Sounds to me like a plan to withdraw from Iraq, as it should be. But the dems are calling it a "redeployment" and NOT a "withdrawal" since that's a naughty word.

I agree that using the right words matters, so redeployment is probably a good word. But getting into this discussion about whether it's a withdrawal or not strikes me as the wrong focus. The focus needs to stay on the fact that Iraq is a disaster and Bush has no plans for victory or for ever bringing our troops home, AND that lack of a plan is hurting us internationally and domestically as our troops are far overstretched and unable to respond to other concerns (Iran, helping fight the war on terror at home, responding to natural disasters, etc.).

With the majority of the public wanting us to withdraw from Iraq, I have half a heart to suggest we just say it publicly - yeah, we're for withdrawal and the Republican party is not. If George Bush was president in the 1970s we'd still be fighting in Vietnam today because "cutting and running" would be "un-American."

It's not un-American for the country to recognize that our president is a failure, and respond accordingly.