fine.
my only point is - don't say (not you) that this is "just a few snipers and car bombers". if that's all it was, then we could leave, since we can't leave, its more then that.
its not about a timetable - its about seeing a progression, a path to closing it out. take iraq for example, are we going to do anything there different tomorrow, that we didn't do today, to make things better? this "major operation" to secure baghdad has failed, yet we just keep doing the same thing day after day and expecting a different outcome.
Please,take some time and learn about the Vietnam War and the NVA stratagy. The same thing is going on today. Prolong the war till America quits. The political enemies of the US President will slant the news, a few American troops will cross a line, the "world will protest" Americans will forget why we are at war, soldiers will die, the President and/or his supports lose an election and we end the war by leaving. Neat deal.
The problem is that the reason we went to war in the first place is still there. Millions died or are still imprisioned in Southeast Asia. Iraq will become the headquarters for terrorism. And with their victory over us, and the oil, they will continue to threaten the world.