Plan for Iraq

President Bush is once again bashing Democrats claiming that they have no plan for handling Iraq. I'm surprised he continues to say this considering that he himself doesn't want to discuss his plan, if he has one, other than "Stay the Course." That's apparently not working very well what with almost as many troops dead now as people killed in the WTC attack (not that the two are related, but he likes to imply they are).

I think to myself, I wish the Democrats would just announce their Iraq plan, but then I realize that that would be a very stupid thing to do. Does a football coach announce his game plan prior to the game; what plays he's going to utilize? Why announce your plans to the world and allow the intended targets to nullify them? Isn't this the same rationale Dubya uses for not describing whatever the heck he thinks he's doing?

But let's for a moment give the President the benefit of the doubt (which is quite difficult with so many proven lies in his past). What reason might exist that would prevent the Democrats from developing a war plan? They do have more war veterans in their party than Republicans, so it's not lack of experience. Perhaps it's that the White House has classified most war-related information so high that the bulk of Congress does not have access to them. Is this necessary, or just a methodology to prevent political opponents from creating informed plans?