I'm not following you. The polls you just posted seem to be powerful evidence that if the Democrats kill the war and bring the troops home, the voters will line the streets and throw flowers.

After all, it is now an axiom that the war cannot possibly be won. If everybody feels that way, what's the problem?

We do know that pulling out of Iraq will be certain defeat for the U.S.

And even I believe that the odds of victory are not good.

It would be interesting to take a poll with this question, although it's probably a bit too deep:

What percent chance of victory would justify continuing the effort? 5 percent? ten? fifteen?

Remember, the Democrats have offered NO plans for victory. No matter what euphemisms for defeat they work out, everybody knows damn well that when they use the term "change the course," it doesn't mean a win for the U.S. at the other end.

So again, what are they afraid of?

How can you be accused of losing a war that nobody believes can be won?