File this Under the Common Sense Section

Senators Kerry and Clinton have filed a bill that would require the Pentagon to prepare for the contingency of leaving Iraq. Bush doesn't like plan Bs, Cs or Ds, but I think they can be real assets. Of course, there's more to this story than meets the eye - the administration went on the attack against Clinton for even asking about such a contingency plan. You see, she's helping the terrorists...

This legislative effort is a direct result of Under Secretary of Defense Eric Edelman's unacceptable response to a Congressional inquiry on a matter of national security to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, asking for the Pentagon to brief the appropriate oversight committees in Congress on what current contingency plans exist for the future withdrawal of United States forces from Iraq. Alternatively, if no such plans exist, the Congressional inquiry asked for an explanation for the decision not to engage in such planning.

The depths to which this administration will stoop...

This is only tangently related, but one of the things I keep hearing more and more is Vietnam being brought up by Republicans in defense of staying in Iraq. Edelman made that kind of asinine comment against Senator Clinton. You see, they say, we need to stay in Iraq so Iraq doesn't become like Vietnam...

Huh? Am I the only person who doesn't get that kind of comment at all? Because staying in countries in the middle of a Civil War is a fantastic idea? Oh, Republicans and their nation building - not to mention fuzzy memories.