Why not bring 'em home now?

In the Band of Brothers miniseries, in the 7th out of 10 episodes, one of the men noted that the men started to get a sense that the outcome of the war had already been decided. Knowing this, they were a little extra careful. After surviving so much, none of them wanted to get killed or injured that close to the end of the war.

Fast-forward 60-odd years. The Democrats have already declared that the outcome of the war in Iraq is certain. We've lost, or so they tell us. If that's the case, why are the fiddling around with arbitrary withdrawal dates 18 months away? If they truly care for the troops as they claim they do, they should bring them home today. Otherwise, every casualty our servicemen and women suffer between now and the withdrawal deadline is blood on their hands. Why would they be willing to leave the troops to fight a war that was already lost?

The reality is that they don't care about the troops. Their main concern is making sure we lose this war, for their own political gain, without appearing to have been responsible for our defeat. Because of the position they've put themselves in, the only way they can win is for us to lose the war slowly and painfully.

You can call it redeployment, you can call it holding the Iraqi government accountable, you can call it whatever you want. But, the only way to end a war is to win it or to lose it. It's not like a sandlot baseball game where you can just run home when mother calls you for dinner. Their "surrender at all costs" strategy is good for Democrats, good for insurgents, good for al-Qaida, and horrifically bad for our troops and our nation as a whole.

Plenty of parallels have been drawn between this war and Vietnam, but two glaring differences need to be kept in mind. First, most of the troops in Vietnam were there because of the draft, whereas our current military is an all-volunteer force. Secondly, the Viet Cong didn't follow us home, but al-Qaida and its minions have proven repeatedly that they are willing to fight us in our own cities. It is obvious that the Dems are comfortable with the idea of Iraq being left in a state of chaos and bloodshed when we leave, but are they willing to endure terrorist attacks on our own soil? It would seem that they are, at least if such attacks would gain them a few cheap political points.

Crossposted over at RedStateRadicals.com