Talkin' Terror

Since Bush's announcement and acknowledgment of CIA secret prisons, through 9/11 memorials, to the latest debate about Art. 3 of the Geneva Convention, the Republicans have slickly changed the subject from Iraq to terrror.

Even if Sen McCain, John Warner, Colin Powell and other Republicans are arguing with Bush about the details on Art. 3, they are still talking about the subject they prefer: terror. If the issue of Iraq is raised during the "arguments" over Art.3 it merely seems to validate Bush's ridiculous assertion that the Iraq war is part of the War on Terror.

With less than eight weeks to go before the mid-terms, the Democrats had better get the subject back to Iraq. The waste of soldier's lives, treasure, and U.S. credibility in the world is of much more immediate importance to Americans than the nuances of Art. 3.

If the Democrats don't get the discussion back to Iraq they will not win the House back in the mid-terms. The Dems may think that Republican intra-party arguments about Art. 3 will help them. They won't. It will allow the Republicans to run the clock out to November 7 with the terror issue, which works to the Republican's advantage.

Once again, it is Iraq, Iraq, Iraq that will win for the Democrats. They shouldn't complacently allow the Republicans to monopolize the remaining weeks talking, or even arguing about, terror.