Are you joking?

So I haven't posted any personal political opinions in a while, and I haven't pissed of any of my friends recently so I figure I'm due. ;)

Being a conservative guy living in a lamentably, blue state, can be enlightening sometimes. However, I can't understand why the Democrats have decided to surrender Iraq to the terrorists busy killing innocents, by attempting to withdraw our troops from Iraq. Fortunately enough level heads are going to prevent an override of the President's veto, but can someone explain this to me....

Why do the liberals want to withdraw? I get that they oppose going (although it was absolutely the right thing to do), but we're there now and they want us to leave. Here's what I've come up with, and please feel free to volunteer other ideas here.

Support for Surrender / Troop Withdrawl
-It puts more pressure on Iraq to solidify their own security
-It saves American lives (short term anyway)
-It saves American money; money for the war would go someplace else.

Opposition for Surrender / Troop Withdrawl
-Iraq is overwhelmed and becomes a breeding ground for terrorism to spread to the US (again) and the world (again) and more lives are lost.
-Thousands, probably millions of Iraqis die, who still support their elected Democratic government
-A precedent and guideline for the terrorists to complete their objectives.
-The terrorist state that the President sacrificed so much political capital to destroy for the safety of the world is restored.


Frankly, when the liberals and the terrorists agree that the US should withdraw... shouldn't alarm bells be going off in people's heads? Doesn't that bother anyone on the left? I mean, shouldn't we do the opposite of what the terrorist want? For example, let's say the terrorists want ____ to kill more people... Therefore we should not give them ____. In this case, the terrorists (and the liberals) want us to surrender Iraq. So shouldn't we NOT surrender Iraq?

So I must ask, why surrender? It doesn't make sense.