A report from Yahoo News notes some more garbled thinking from the Democratic leadership (using the term very loosely) in their continued bid to force a U.S. surrender in Iraq. What caught our eye in this one was a line about another effort to roll back the effort that has finally brought success this year -

A separate proposal by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., seeks to restrict the troops' mission to fighting terrorists and training the Iraqi security force.

The idea that the battle is going to be neatly compartmentalized is ridiculous on its face. If their thinking wasn't so dangerous it would be a joke.

On Meet the Press Sunday, Senator McCain ably mocked the ludicrous idea of separating the battle against terrorists in Iraq from battles against "non-terrorists" -

SEN. McCAIN: But the fact is, but the fact is when, when, when Senator Kerry says that we will just take care of al-Qaeda, then you go into a place where they’re fighting. “Excuse me, sir. Are you al-Qaeda or Sunni or Shia?” Please.

Perhaps Senator Levin has this covered in his proposed bill. He could call for terrorists to identify themselves in some way - maybe with colorful hats

or maybe "I'm with al Qaeda" t-shirts.

The Democrats are really tying themselves in knots trying to justify their defeatism and double standards ... "Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terror, but we want our troops in Iraq to focus on counter-terrorism ... while we complain there are too few troops to fight al Qaeda in Afghanistan, we call for fewer troops to fight terrorists in Iraq, which has nothing to do with the war on terror ... sure, they call themselves al Qaeda in Iraq and claim allegiance to Osama bin Ladin, but they're not really al Qaeda ... WE'RE GOING TO END THE WAR AND BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW! ... But of course we're going to leave a substantial number of troops in Iraq to fight terrorists ... even though the real war on terror is only in Afghanistan ..."

They obviously count on the average voter not paying close attention or trying to keep it all straight. Unfortunately, they seem quite able to get away with it so far.