Purging Bush's surge plan

Probably anyone reading this blog already knows about today's House vote on Bush's "surge" of troops to Iraq. The vote against the Decider's plan is "non-binding" but surely will impact the White House and its political allies. 246 (including 17 Republicans) voted for the "no surge" resolution, 182 (including two Democrats) voted against. Today the Senate will take up precisely the same resolution.

At this time, 63 percent of Americans are against the surge. (Gallup poll last weekend)

In the midst of the debate, we keep hearing from Bush's cheerleaders that the surge will support the troops already there. But previous "surges" have just seen the death rate continue to rise (3,133 American troops killed as of yesterday).

The clear way to support the troops is to bring them home from the killing streets of a sectarian civil war.