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But to put it in perspective, whoever the Commander in Chief may be, having a plan for leaving/withdrawal/whatever you want to call it, does not mean just abandoning everyone, leaving a bunch of civilians to deal with terrorists. On the other hand of your argument, I think it is important to give OUR troops and their families somewhat of an idea of how long they're going to be there. Another thing you shouldn't do, along with divulging every detail of your strategy with the public (more specifically, the enemy, who can get it from public sources), is give your troops the idea that they could be doing what they are indefinately. A good analogy to this would be mowing the yard versus vacuuming it. You can see that there is an end in sight, be it sooner or much later. Vacuuming the yard, on the other hand, does not have such an end.
I think both sides want the Iraqi's extremely capable of policing themselves, and that Kerry was just making a point that it could be done both faster, with more "trainers," and Edwards added even being trained outside of Iraq, for whatever reason.
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