A few days ago, Kevin Drum was worried that pushing aggressively for a pullout from Iraq would get Democrats tarred as the party that lost the war. Kevin isn't arguing against pullout -- he spends much of the post attacking delusional people who think we can beseech the Troops Fairy for another 100,000 soldiers, and then acknowledges that withdrawing is all we can do. Only then does he go into Gloomy Kevin mode, bemoaning the evils that might befall us after the troops leave. Fear not, O moderate Democrat, and hearken to the whirlwind that rides the Downing Street Memos. As the realization that we're in a quagmire develops outside the Democratic Party, we reach the moment when criticisms of the Bush Administration's non-planning for reconstruction will have maximum impact. (Thanks for the link, Shakespeare's Sister.) Now is the time to press -- the more intensely people are aware that Bush's lack a postwar plan saddled us with this dismal set of choices, the less likely it is that we'll meet criticism for taking the least bad option. --Neil the Ethical Werewolf
