Base politics

This seems like a dangerous gambit for Republicans. Clearly, they're once again trying to conflate the war in Iraq with Sept. 11, 2001, but will it work this time? Obviously, they will use whatever Dems say to oppose the resolution in negative campaign ads in the Fall, but it will be interesting to see if Dems can turn the tables on them and make this a referendum on the war, the Cheney administration's conduct of it, and the Republican party's tacit approval of that conduct.

But, yeah, it's a typically disgusting and cynical use of American troops to paper over the failure of Republicans.

Democrats may want to hammer home the fact that, despite demonstrations to the contrary, we're in Iraq permanently.