Strategic Redeployment

Ignoring that Rep. Murtha has had one for months, the Democrats finalize their strategy for Iraq...

Boston Globe: Democrats may unite on plan to pull troops

See Iraq withdrawal, deployment in region

After months of trying unsuccessfully to develop a common message on the war in Iraq, Democratic Party leaders are beginning to coalesce around a broad plan to begin a quick withdrawal of US troops and install them elsewhere in the region, where they could respond to emergencies in Iraq and help fight terrorism in other countries.

The concept, dubbed ''strategic redeployment," is outlined in a slim, nine-page report coauthored by a former Reagan administration assistant Defense secretary, Lawrence J. Korb, in the fall. It sets a goal of a phased troop withdrawal that would take nearly all US troops out of Iraq by the end of 2007, although many Democrats disagree on whether troop draw-downs should be tied to a timeline...

And Jack Reed casts aside the false argument made by war supporters-

Reed, an Army veteran and former paratrooper who has been charged with developing a party strategy on the war, said the plan is attractive to many Democrats because it rejects what he calls the ''false dichotomy" suggested by President Bush: that the only options in Iraq are ''stay the course" or ''cut and run."

And Eric Massa, one of the Fightin' Dems running for office, says-

''You can't stand in front of people and say, 'We want your vote,' and not tell people what it is they're voting for," said Massa, a former Navy officer. ''We all know that staying the course is not a strategy that's going to work."

Amen to that.

Now Democrats need to get out there and preach this plan to the masses.

Go now! Go!

[PS- Violence continues amid a clash with U.S. leaders on the makeup of the government:
Bomb kills 21 as Iraqi leaders urged to unite (AP)]