Democrat's plan for defeat loses in Senate

Washington Times:

The Republican-controlled Senate yesterday soundly rejected two Democratic proposals to withdraw troops from Iraq, turning back the Democrats' argument that there should be a clear policy change in the war.
"Withdrawal is not an option. Surrender is not a solution," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Tennessee Republican.
A proposal by Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, requiring redeployment of combat troops from Iraq by July 2007 failed 86-13, garnering no Republican votes and the support of just 12 Democrats and Democrat-leaning independent James M. Jeffords of Vermont.
"Redeploying United States troops is necessary for success in Iraq, and it is necessary to be able to fight a more effective war on terror," Mr. Kerry said. "We helped make the policy that put them there, we ought to help make the policy that helps to get them out."
He said his plan -- which would require a "redeployment" of combat troops, leaving in place counterterrorism units and those protecting U.S. facilities -- would empower Iraqis to truly take over their own security. Hours after the vote, Mr. Kerry used his proposal to drum up support, sending an e-mail to supporters, praising the plan and those who backed it, bashing the Bush administration and vowing to keep fighting.

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The Democrats must want to lose the war. That is the only explanation for a plan that would do for Iraq what their withdrawel plan did for South Vietnam. They also show willful ignorance about our plan for victory in Iraq, claming that the Republicans have none. That is absurb. The Republican plan is to let the military do what is neccessary to win. The military has a sound military plan for defeating the enemy and it is working. Just ask Zarqawi's thumb drive. What the Democrats are really saying is that they do not have confidence in the military and its approach to winning in Iraq, so they are not going to give them any more time. In doing so they are willing to give the enemy the gift of time to defeat the Iraqi democracy and build a sanctuary state from which to attack the US and its allies. This is just another reason why they should never be trusted with national security.