I think I'm officially sick of politics.

Bush finally has a plan to change course in Iraq (we think). Democrat leaders complain saying this in a letter to the President.

"Adding more combat troops will only endanger more Americans and stretch our military to the breaking point for no strategic gain."

"Rather than deploy additional forces to Iraq, we believe the way forward is to begin the phased redeployment of our forces in the next four to six months, while shifting the principal mission of our forces there from combat to training, logistics, force protection and counter-terror."

Nothing wrong there with a legitimate difference of opinion. However, they then use the following as their smoking gun argument:

In a recent appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee, General John Abizaid, our top commander for Iraq and the region, said the following when asked about whether he thought more troops would contribute to our chances for success in Iraq:

"I met with every divisional commander, General Casey, the Corps commander, General Dempsey. We all talked together. And I said, in your professional opinion, if we were to bring in more American troops now, does it add considerably to our ability to achieve success in Iraq? And they all said no.

That's pretty hard-hitting.  Except that General Abizaid already publicly stated he was against the Democrats' plan, perhaps in the same appearance before the Armed Services Committee.

Gen. John Abizaid, head of the U.S. Central Command, rejected a call from some Democrats for a phased redeployment of forces beginning in four to six months.

Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Abizaid said such a move would result in an increase in sectarian violence.

How dare the Democrats use this man's own words to support a plan that he is clearly against!  It took me all of two minutes to figure out his stand using Google.

If I was the general I would be furious.