Truth…

…from my own personal Congressman.

The Iraq debate in the House of Representatives should begin with one fundamental truth: We are in Iraq and our leaders have no plan to get out of Iraq.

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The unending war, the permanent bases, the fortress embassy we're building all make a powerful argument that our involvement in Iraq is more an occupation than a liberation. This promotes terrorism. This helps recruit terrorists, it doesn't help end terrorism.

U.S. soldiers in Iraq are doing a heroic job. But, we are not doing ours. It is not partisan politics to insist that a nation in war have a plan to achieve peace.

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Two things of note came out of the Pentagon today: the grim announcement that the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq has just passed two thousand, five hundred, and a 74 page booklet to help Republicans manage spin control during the Iraq debate in the House.

That's an affront to the American people, not a front in the war on terror. The American people want change because the Pentagon under this Administration distributes PR plans, not military plans.

More from Jim McDermott at The Huffington Post.