[jveritas]

Not at all. He did not set any table for withdrawal, all what he said that they hope that by the end of this year Iraqi troops are going to handle more territories than non Iraqi coalition troops. Stop your silly knee jerk reaction.

[manwiththehands]

"President Bush vowed for the first time yesterday to turn over most of Iraq to newly trained Iraqi troops by the end of this year ...

Sounds like part of a timetable to me. What if the Iraqi's aren't ready? Then his critics will accuse him of "lying" about his "timetable".

Bush is having the "sill knee jerk reaction."