At the crux of the cut and run democrat’s argument for retreat in Iraq is that George Bush got us into this terrible mess and well by god, let’s forget the whole thing and come home. They of course could care less about the troops, this is all political and designed for nothing else except to regain power in 2008 by reliving their “glory days” of Vietnam. I have said again and again that this strategy will cause them to end up in the political wilderness just as we are seeing now in their dismal poll numbers now.

Yet not all Democrats are that politically suicidal. Joe Lieberman isn’t and neither is Rep. Brian Baird, who provides an honest assessment in this opinion piece. While I disagree with the assertion that the invasion was a mistake or that the entirety of the aftermath was FUBAR, he does make the good and honest point that we simply have to compete the job and not run away in shame.

Good read.