Murthaducker

John Murthaducking’s proposal for U.S. forces redeploying out of Iraq to Okinawa, or somewhere in the Middle East, is succinctly harpooned by the experience of Israel withdrawing within its own borders from Lebanon and Gaza.

As this commenter says: [via MurthaMustGo blog]

Now think of it another way: Israel "redeployed" their troops out of danger to let the Palestinians and Islamists sort things out. We are seeing the aftermath of the Murtha plan for Iraq in Israel.
Hate Bush and hate the Iraq war but the chaos that would ensue if we left would be greater than this by several orders of magnitude.

It seems the Iraqis don’t think Murthaducker's priority for a U.S. withdrawal is their priority.

Gateway Pundit links to this report of a current poll of Iraqis:

** To the shock of American democrats and Okinawa John Murtha- "Withdrawal of coalition forces" failed to make the list.

Eighty-four percent of Iraqis list "security" as either their top, second, or third concern; 71 percent list “infrastructure”; and 54 percent list economic development/job creation. “Withdrawal of the coalition” was the top priority of only 13 percent of Iraqis, and among the top three of 33 percent.

More general measures confirm acceptance of the post-Saddam regime. A plurality of Iraqis now believe that Iraq is headed in the right direction, and that things will improve over the next 6 months, and in the next year. A strong majority (60 percent to 15 percent) expect things to improve over the next 5 years.

Asked about overall security in the nation, 23 percent of Iraqis consider it to be “good” or "fair", compared to 75 percent who rate it "poor." But asked about security in their own neighborhoods, the numbers change drastically. Sixty percent of Iraqis consider security “good” or "fair" where they live, compared to 38 percent who consider it poor.

For a practical solution to Murthaducker, go to the site of his election opponent, Diana Irey.