It's like candy to a toddler. The chance to pin a tag on someone for "amnesty to those who have killed our soldiers" is too delightful an opportunity to pass up. It has such a nice ring about it.

Never mind that it may be the most realistic idea advanced since the start of the war to bring a lot people into the democratic fold who will otherwise continue in isolated, angry, military opposition.

If you think about it, it isn't our call. Amnesty for former adversaries is an Iraqi, not American option. One way to force the pill on Washington would be to blame those ungreatful, turncoat Iraqis. How dare they advance such a radical democratic agenda after all we have sacrificed!

Those are great points.

I think the Democrats have shown that they are about nothing except scoring political points, and certainly don't really care about winning in Iraq.

Losing, in fact, fits their agenda much better.

Tragically it's much more simple.

BDS

Because the Bush supported Iraqi government suggests it as a way to end the conflict the (D)'s must oppose it to further the cause of defeat.

It is a 'lose at all costs' strategy.

You wrote a line that could easily be fill in the blank:

I don't get it - they vociferously opposed Bush's _______ plan,

If Bush was stupid enough to agree to the Dems own cut and run plan they'd immediately tell us how wrong he was to do it. Those who still vote for Dems would never even notice. BDS is that mentally debilitating.

My first thought was "after all we've been through, to just let those bastards off the hook?". And then I thought, well if it was good enough for President Lincoln and General Grant........