Even the Dems are Saying We Are in Iraq until 2013

I guess the hard truths that General Petraeus tried to pound into their heads finally started to hit home.

The leading Democratic White House hopefuls conceded Wednesday night
they cannot guarantee to pull all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the
next presidential term in 2013.

"I think it's hard to project four years from now," said Sen.
Barack Obama of Illinois in the opening moments of a campaign debate in the
nation's first primary state.

"It is very difficult to know what we're going to be inheriting,"
added Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

"I cannot make that commitment," said former Sen. John Edwards of
North Carolina.

Maybe someone on the Dem side finally thought about the slaughter that would commence if we pulled out of Iraq too soon. Maybe they are cleaving to the actual "progressive" agenda that promotes freedom for the oppressed and tries to *prevent* mass genocide between Sunnis and Shiites.

Maybe the Dems finally understand that a failure in Iraq would be an actual defeat for America and leave the blood of thousands of additional Iraqis firmly on their hands. The Dems can no longer blame Bush once Iraq becomes their war to fight. So maybe the Dems can stop politicizing Iraq and start coming up with concrete solutions to the problem. Be it partitioning the country or a solid plan for leaving something stable behind us when we leave. The Dem plan needs to be less 'cut and run and hope' and more 'here's what we need to do so our troops come home.'