"Setting artifical timetable will send wrong messsage to Iraqis, who need to know we aren't going to cut and run... it will send wrong signal to our troops, who need to know we are going to finish what we are started...and it will send wrong message to terrorists, as it will give them ammunition..."
If we need more troops, will send....but commanders say we don't need more troops. More troops will send wrong message.
Troops need to know I will be guided by the advice that matters, the advice of our MILITARY commanders.
Amen, don't listen to those who want to repeat the big V and have a withdrawal date of US forces, aka invading date for insurgents....(see Saigon, circa late 1970s)
