Bush Thinks a Timetable for Withdrawal is a Bad Idea

He's made much political hay about the democrats supporting a timetable/exit plan. rather than come up with one, he's tried to cast such people as undermining the war effort. Well, what does he say to these independent, free Iraqis who want to hear the same thing? weren't they the ones that were to finally be on their feet? if so, they want to know when bush will let them take off the training wheels.

Iraqi leaders, meeting at a reconciliation conference in Cairo, urged an end to violence in the country and demanded a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq.

In a final statement, read by Arab League chief Amre Moussa, host of the three-day summit, they called for "the withdrawal of foreign troops according to a timetable, through putting in place an immediate national program to rebuild the armed forces." No date was specified.

one of the most frustrating things about this is that there isn't really a debate going on. it's bush saying we cannot even talk about an exit strategy, let alone implement one we've hashed out. He keeps referring, rather opaquely to leaving "when the job is done" while never bothering to say what that means. I'm tired of it from Rummy and I'm tired of it from Bush. We are adults and deserve more than a 'Because i said so' answer.

So what's the answer? I think they just don't have one.