Why reward them?

The Republicans' main argument for returning them to office despite the disaster in Iraq is that the Democrats have no plan to get our troops home either. I will grant them that argument. Let's assume the Democrats and GOP are equally incapable of creative thinking and we will be in the Iraqi desert losing lives and limbs for years to come, regardless of this fall's elections. My question is: Why in the world would you reward the incompetents who led us by our collective noses into this disaster? Why re-elect pathological liars who say "We will be greeted as liberators," and then deny saying it? If the Republicans took a large bat and broke all the windows on the block for no reason, we would all agree that we have to fix the damage, but how about taking the bat out of their hands? I do not understand why the president's ratings have not dropped into single digits. A 38 percent approval rating shows that more than one third of the country is still unwilling to admit they were fooled by a frat boy with a smirk on his face and a phony Texas swagger. The Republicans love to point out that we have not had another 9/11. Tell that to the parents of the more than 2,700 U.S. troops killed and 20,000 wounded. Edward Reisner, Cherry Hill - Published in the Courier Post, October 10, 2006