I'm sure however you feel about Iraq, you realize the importance of an orderly American withdrawal that leaves the region stabile and secure.

The trouble is that this is a long-term project, and it's an embarrassment to the Bush Adminstration to admit that when they had initially planned for a much shorter time-table.

Do you think it is in American interests to publically state a time-table which by the USA and its allies plan to withdraw from Iraq?

What political and practical considerations justify your position?