Why Dems Don't Need a "War Plan" on Iraq

Whenever one attempts to criticize Bush's failed invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq the Republican response is always the same:

"WHAT'S THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN?"

I find this question reprehensible on so many different levels, but as a political device, it forces Democrats to go into a long, often convulated explanation as a response.  

Given the unfortunate attention span of most Americans we therefore allow the Republicans to win/deceive by default.

Rather than falling into this well-laid Republican trap we should use one of the most time-tested political strategies, winning by allegory.

The next time a Democratic politician is in the Iraqi debate and a Republican attempts to deceive/distract by laying this trap the Democratic response should perhaps be thus:

"You know, if the subject wasn't so serious, that is, the continued sacrifice of our brave military, I would find such a question rather amusing.  This is like George Bush going up to Humpty Dumpty, pushing him off the wall and breaking him into a thousand little pieces.  Afterwards, he looks down on his mess, turns to the Democrats, and asks "Well, how you gonna put him back together again?""

"America, sometimes it's enough not to have someone who goes around pushing Humpty Dumptys off of walls in the first place!"

The great Gov. Huey Long understood this practice well and Democrats would be well served to take up the allegorical  sledgehammer again.