You know... it's just not worth trying to figure them out:

In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops as part of a stepped up effort to "dismantle the militias."

The soft-spoken Texas Democrat was an early opponent of the Iraq war and voted against the October 2002 resolution authorizing President Bush to invade that country. That dovish record got prominently cited last week when Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi chose Reyes as the new head of the intelligence panel.

But in an interview with NEWSWEEK on Tuesday, Reyes pointedly distanced himself from many of his Democratic colleagues who have called for fixed timetables for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Coming on the eve of tomorrow’s recommendations from the bipartisan Baker-Hamilton commission, Reyes’s comments were immediately cited by some Iraq war analysts as fresh evidence that the intense debate over U.S. policy may be more fluid than many have expected.

Then, right after the so called "Baker Plan" was announced, there was this analysis from Newsweek to top it all off, which describes the result of the new plan of action as a quagmire in Iraq.  Of course, they've been describing the current situation as one as well, so now I'm trying to figure out just what will make them happy.

So we have a high level Democrat who wants to increase troops, and a bi-partisan committee headed by an ex-Bush Administration member saying we need to reduce troop levels.  In other news, up is down and down is up.  This of course reinforces the only facts on the table.  There is no simple solution, and the Democrats who were selling one to get elected were doing just that... getting themselves elected.

Now they'll just do whatever the hell they want to, like any other elected representative.  One day I'd like to shake hands with a truly honest, forthright, noble politician.  I've heard the Devil always wanted to learn to ice skate.