HuffPo and the Politics of War

It's no secret that the Iraq war is heavily politicized and oft-debated. Arianna Huffington discusses how the Responsible Plan for Iraq will not just bring an end to hostilities, but is more importantly a "powerful tool" to slam the Republicans.

I've already discussed why that Plan was a P.O.S. But what really irks me is that something as significant as a war is being utilized by smarmy political elites for the sole purpose of poking the other side of the aisle in the eye. How do you make something like conflict into a talking point?