[STARWISE]

"The president said Iraq must meet its responsibilities, too — but he put no deadlines on Baghdad to do so.

"America's commitment is not open-ended," he was to say. "If the Iraqi government does not follow through on its promises, it will lose the support of the American people and it will lose the support of the Iraqi people."

[popdonnelly]

"America's commitment is not open-ended,"

But perhaps it should be. We hung around long enough in Germany and Japan to make sure that the sacrifices of our servicemen and woman were not rendered meaningless.