We Can't Afford To Leave???

In the most shocking revelation since the November elections, the incoming Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee - now, there's a contradiction in terms - is calling for adding troops in Iraq.

Dec. 5. 2006 - In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops as part of a stepped up effort to “dismantle the militias.”

Wait a minute! I thought the Democrats' national campaign strategy was to convince Americans that our troops needed to come home right away. Isn't this war unwinnable?

The soft-spoken Texas Democrat was an early opponent of the Iraq war and voted against the October 2002 resolution authorizing President Bush to invade that country. That dovish record got prominently cited last week when Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi chose Reyes as the new head of the intelligence panel.

Reyes voted against the war, but now is calling for more troops? Hmm . . . sounds like a flip-flop to me.

“We’re not going to have stability in Iraq until we eliminate those militias, those private armies,” Reyes said. “We have to consider the need for additional troops to be in Iraq, to take out the militias and stabilize Iraq … We certainly can’t leave Iraq and run the risk that it becomes [like] Afghanistan” was before the 2001 invasion by the United States.

Gee, where have I heard that before? Oh I know, PRESIDENT BUSH HAS BEEN SAYING THAT SINCE THE INVASION BEGAN!!!

(H/T - MSNBC.com)